Voter Fraud Rumors

As the world waited for the final 2020 U.S. election results, claims of voter fraud in Michigan, Wisconsin, and other states flooded the Snopes inbox.

Correction: Trump-Georgia Story

17 March 2021

The Associated Press issued a correction to its story about a Jan. 2021 phone call...

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Did Tampa Bay Buccaneers Refuse Invitation to ‘Stolen’ White House?

10 February 2021

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Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, right, walks to his office in the Capitol Building Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Georgia Election Officials Investigate Trump Call

8 February 2021

Georgia's secretary of state's office has opened an investigation into a phone call between Donald...

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Did Myanmar Use Dominion or Smartmatic Election Software?

2 February 2021

Baseless conspiracy theories from the 2020 U.S. presidential election found a new home after Myanmar...

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FILE - In this March 30, 2020, file photo, My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell speaks as President Donald Trump listens during a briefing about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, in Washington. Twitter has permanently banned Lindell’s Twitter account after he continually perpetuated the baseless claim that Donald Trump won the 2020 U.S. presidential election. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Twitter Permanently Bans My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell

26 January 2021

Twitter cited “repeated violations” of its civic integrity policy in it's decision, a spokesperson said...

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Rudy Giuliani walks to a senate hearing at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta on Thursday, December 3, 2020. The Georgia Senate Committee on Judiciary has formed a special subcommittee to take testimony of elections improprieties and evaluate the election process. (Rebecca Wright/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Dominion Voting Systems Sues Giuliani over Election Claims

25 January 2021

The voting machine company faced such a mountain of threats and criticism that one of...

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On Fact-Checking the Trump Presidency

19 January 2021

There were some memorable moments, memes, and misinformation during the Trump era.

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Did a Conservative News Site Admit Its Voter-Fraud Claims Were False?

15 January 2021

American Thinker joined the likes of Newsmax in issuing a correction to various claims it...

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Was a ‘Biden Election Official’ Arrested for Election Fraud in Texas?

14 January 2021

An arrest for election-related offenses in Texas in January 2021 had no connection to the...

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President Donald Trump gestures at a campaign rally in support of U.S. Senate candidates Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., and David Perdue in Dalton, Ga., Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Trump Pressured Georgia to ‘Find the Fraud’ in Earlier Call

9 January 2021

It is one of at least three phone calls, held over the course of a...

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Was Giuliani Photographed with Capitol Rioter Jake Angeli?

9 January 2021

The man photographed wearing horns at the siege on the U.S. Capitol is apparently not...

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Did 50K Ballots Suspiciously Appear at Polls Overnight in Georgia Senate Runoffs?

6 January 2021

Shortly after Democrat Raphael Warnock was announced a winner, Trump spread the conspiracy theory on...

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