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In 2022 Midterms, a Stale Election Denial Playbook Failed To Deliver

Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Nov 16, 2022 A tired but familiar set of diversions had been employed to falsely suggest fraud in the 2022 U. ...
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Did a Dominion Voting Systems Employee Brag About Rigging the Election Against Trump?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Nov 20, 2020 Right-wing activists and commentators, including President Trump's sons and lawyers, targeted an ...
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Older man voting at elections, hand putting ballot paper in ballot box.

Indiana State Officials Accused of Violating Court Order by Improperly Purging Voters

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Oct 15, 2018 A federal court ruled in June 2018 that Indiana couldn't drop voters without notice if their nam ...
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Pile of buttons reading "VOTE."

Does the U.S. Have Millions More Registered Voters Than Eligible Adults?

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Apr 9, 2018 A persistent claim about widespread voter fraud is based on problematic tallies of registered an ...
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Pile of buttons reading "VOTE."

Did an 'Illegal' Immigrant Brag About Voting Five Times for Hillary Clinton?

Written by:
Arturo Garcia
Aug 14, 2017 A conservative web site mischaracterized the case against Rosa Ortega, who voted illegally -- an ...
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Lapel with several stickers saying "I Voted"

Did 5.7 Million 'Illegal Immigrants' Vote in the 2008 U.S. Election?

Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Jun 23, 2017 A controversial 2014 study used survey data to demonstrate that 38 people might have voted as no ...
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Jared Kushner (left) and Ivanka Trump (right)

Did Jared Kushner Register to Vote in New York as a Woman?

Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Sep 28, 2017 The New York City Board of Elections has said that their computer system is to blame for a mix-u ...
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Lapel with several stickers saying "I Voted"

Were 'Black People in Birmingham' Caught Voting Multiple Times With Fake IDs?

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Dec 13, 2017 A so-called "satire" site published a story falsely claiming black voters committed fraud in Ala ...
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Doug Jones

Did Alabama State Police Arrest Three Poll Workers in Birmingham?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Dec 17, 2017 Reports that poll workers had been detained in connection with voter fraud during Alabama's Dece ...
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Bob Mueller

Mueller Indictment: Russians Promoted False Allegations of Voter Fraud in 2016

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Feb 16, 2018 The 37-page indictment details a sophisticated effort to leverage social media to manipulate Ame ...
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Chicago skyline.

Does Chicago's Identification Card Program Allow Undocumented Immigrants to Vote?

Written by:
Arturo Garcia
Feb 28, 2018 Election officials rejected the possibility that CityKey cards could cause an upswing in voter f ...
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Votes being counted

Did Ohio's 12th Congressional District Have 170 Fraudulent 'Voters' Over 116 Years Old?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Aug 16, 2018 Right-wing web sites published misleading allegations of voter fraud in Ohio, based on very obvi ...
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Were Democrats Allowed to Vote Twice in Maryland's Midterm Election?

Written by:
David Emery
Nov 12, 2018 A caller on conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Internet talk show claimed he overheard poll workers ...
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Did Broward County Record More Votes Than Registered Voters in November 2018?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Nov 12, 2018 A viral meme used wildly inaccurate figures as part of a conspiracy theory about electoral fraud.
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Votes being counted

Would a Proposal by President Trump Exclude Overseas Military Votes in Florida's Elections?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Nov 13, 2018 If it was carried out, the president's call to finalize the preliminary election results before ...
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Were 53,000 Dead People Found on Florida's Voter Rolls?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Nov 16, 2018 Zombie voters, or zombie claims?
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Did the DHS Find That 12 Million-Plus Votes for Trump Were Never Counted?

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Jan 30, 2019 And if so, does he get an extra year in office to make up for it?
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No, Obama and Former Italian Prime Minister Renzi Didn't Rig US Election

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Jan 15, 2021 A viral story tossed around social media built on debunked mass voter fraud conspiracy theories.
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Barry Morphew, a Colorado man accused of murdering his wife Suzanne, who has been missing since May 2020, is also accused of submitting her mail-in ballot with a vote for former U.S. President Donald Trump in November 2020.

Did a Man Forge His Dead Wife's Vote for Trump?

Written by:
Bethania Palma
May 17, 2021 Barry Morphew was charged with first-degree murder in the case of his missing wife, Suzanne, tho ...
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North Carolina Hillary Supporter Votes Multiple Times

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Oct 29, 2016 Claims of voter fraud in North Carolina turned out to be merely a Facebook joke.
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