The Mail-In Ballot Collection

As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, voting by mail in the U.S. will play a significant role in the 2020 general election on Nov. 3, 2020. U.S. President Donald Trump has attacked mail-in voting, stating that it is beset by widespread fraud, a claim that is without evidence. Perhaps inevitably, the topic of voting by mail quickly became the subject of misinformation and rumors. Here's a glimpse into what we've fact-checked.

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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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 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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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 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 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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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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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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Do Mail-In Ballots Require Extra Postage?

Oct 21, 2016 If you're submitting a ballot by mail, you might need additional postage (and the directions pri ...

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Could the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election Be Postponed?

Mar 17, 2020 Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night — nor a pandemic — has much chance of delaying ...

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