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Latest Fact-Checks In Michigan

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 15, 2020 a Facebook post
An “audit report” found that a voting system used in Michigan in the 2020 presidential election was designed to “create systemic fraud.”
False
February 1, 2021
Garlin Gilchrist
Garlin Gilchrist
stated on January 17, 2021 a speech at MLK Day Jr. Youth Conference
In Michigan, “we were able to really flatten” the racial disparity in COVID-19’s impact “and make significant progress.”
Mostly True
By Clara Hendrickson • January 22, 2021
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 15, 2020 a tweet
“68% error rate in Michigan Voting Machines. Should be, by law, a tiny percentage of one percent.”
False
By Clara Hendrickson, Paul Egan • December 16, 2020
Russell James Ramsland Jr.
Russell James Ramsland Jr.
stated on November 24, 2020 an affidavit
In 10 Michigan precincts, voter turnout reached 100% and in 6 precincts it surpassed 100%
Pants on Fire!
By Clara Hendrickson • December 4, 2020
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on November 29, 2020 a tweet
“Trump margin of ‘defeat’ in 4 states occurred in 4 data dumps between 1:34-6:31 AM. Statistical anomaly? Fraud?”
Pants on Fire!
By Miriam Valverde • December 2, 2020
Mike Duggan
Mike Duggan
stated on November 29, 2020 an interview
“Detroit actually has the lowest infection rate in the state of Michigan. We’re half of that of the surrounding suburbs.”
Half-True
By Clara Hendrickson • December 1, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 22, 2020 a tweet
“In certain swing states, there were more votes than people who voted, and in big numbers.”
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • November 23, 2020
Sidney Powell
Sidney Powell
stated on November 8, 2020 an interview with Fox News
“At least 450,000 ballots in the key states ... miraculously only have a mark for Joe Biden on them, and no other candidate."
False
By Samantha Putterman • November 20, 2020
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on November 19, 2020 remarks in a press conference
In Michigan “we have over-votes in numerous precincts of 150%, 200%, and 300%.”
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • November 20, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 18, 2020 a tweet
“Michigan just refused to certify the election results!”
False
By Clara Hendrickson • November 18, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 11, 2020 a tweet
“Pennsylvania and Michigan didn’t allow our poll watchers and/or vote observers to watch or observe.”
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • November 12, 2020
Big League Politics
Big League Politics
stated on October 30, 2020 a video
Detroit election worker trainings “reveal the mechanisms of the planned theft of the election”
False
By Clara Hendrickson • November 11, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 10, 2020 a screenshot
A judge has ordered a "HAND RECOUNT by an INDEPENDENT COMMISSION in the state of Michigan, following hard evidence of voting fraud by Detroit City Election Commission."
False
By Daniel Funke • November 11, 2020
X posts
X posts
stated on November 5, 2020 a tweet
A list shows over 14,000 dead people voted in Wayne County, Michigan.
False
By Clara Hendrickson • November 7, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 4, 2020 a Facebook post
Republican election challengers were unfairly barred from observing absentee ballot processing and counting in Detroit.
False
By Clara Hendrickson • November 6, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 4, 2020 a Facebook post
“118-year-old William Bradley voted via an absentee ballot in Wayne County, Michigan this year. William died in 1984. They’re trying to steal this election.”
False
By Amy Sherman • November 5, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on November 4, 2020 an article
Wagon arriving at Detroit counting center after deadline “may have been a ballot box.”
False
By Clara Hendrickson • November 5, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 4, 2020 social media posts
Say a video shows “staffers stuffing ballots in flint mi”
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • November 5, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 4, 2020 a Facebook post
Detroit has “2,503 dead people registered” including “one voter born in 1823.”
False
By Amy Sherman • November 5, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 5, 2020 a Facebook post
Joe Biden was called for Michigan even though Donald Trump won more votes.
False
November 5, 2020
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