The 2020 Election Collection: Mail-in Voting

Mail-in ballots, a staple of American elections, have been in the spotlight this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions on public gatherings. And with renewed focus on mail-in voting has come a mountain of misinformation. We've collected Snopes fact checks about mail-in voting and early voting here.

Voting By Mail? Double-Check Your State’s Deadlines Right Now

Aug 27, 2020 The U.S. Postal Service warned that, if you’re voting by mail, waiting until the deadline to app ...

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The Mail-In Ballot Collection

Aug 17, 2020 The ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic means voting by mail will play a key role in the 2020 ...

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Do Mail-In Ballots Increase Risk of Voter Fraud?

May 26, 2020 U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly made the claim as states scrambled to establish new elect ...

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Did USPS Tell Americans to Send Mail-In Ballots 2 Weeks in Advance?

Jul 29, 2020 The USPS does recommend requesting ballots at least 15 days in advance and mailing them at least ...

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Is USPS Purposefully Slowing Mail To Help Reelect Trump?

Aug 6, 2020 U.S. Postal Service workers nationwide reported backlogs of letters and packages in summer 2020. ...

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Did a Pennsylvania Voter Receive Two Usable Ballots?

Aug 6, 2020 "Even if a person receives multiple ballots, only one return ballot can be counted," according t ...

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Did US Only Have 143 Absentee-Ballot Fraud Convictions Over 20 Years?

Aug 10, 2020 However you slice these numbers, documented examples of such fraud appear to be rare.

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Is Amazon Offering Free 1-Day Shipping for Ballots?

Aug 14, 2020 A routine review of content labeled satire.

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Was an Indiana Woman Arrested for Pre-Marking Ballots in 2020?

Aug 11, 2020 While both are election crimes, there is a difference between modifying mail-in ballots and modi ...

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Did 28 Million Mail-In Ballots Go 'Missing' in Last Four Elections?

May 21, 2020 "Conflating voters choosing not to cast their ballot with 'missing' ballots is a fundamental fla ...

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Were 83 Ballots Fraudulently Mailed to One Calif. Home?

May 28, 2020 Social media posts in May 2020 claimed the incident was an example of the ballot-casting system' ...

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Has President Trump Ever Voted by Mail?

May 21, 2020 As Trump criticized voting by mail, some social media users shined a light on the president's ow ...

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Department of Justice Says Efforts to Stop Voter Fraud Are Illegal?

Oct 26, 2016 The DOJ issued a statement saying that voter intimidation is against federal law, not that accus ...

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Did Texas Discover 58,000 Cases of Voter Fraud by Non-Citizens?

Jan 27, 2019 "Any illegal vote deprives Americans of their voice."

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Were 20,000 Fake IDs Seized at Chicago Airport Part of a Voter-Fraud Scheme?

Aug 18, 2020 Fake driver’s licenses grabbed by customs officials since early 2020 became subjects of voting-r ...

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Were USPS Mailboxes Removed in Oregon?

Aug 14, 2020 The number of U.S. Postal Service collection boxes overall has fallen by at least 60% since the ...

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Did Trump Call USPS 'Most Corrupt and Anti-American Way of Voting'?

Aug 10, 2020 The U.S. president has expressed many (and varied) feelings about mail-in voting.

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The 2020 Election Collection: Fact-Checking the Presidential Race

Sep 25, 2020 Claims, hoaxes, and misinformation abound. Snopes investigates the claims of the 2020 U.S. Election.

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By Brandon Echter