Trump-Appointed Judge Rules Right-Wing Groups Can ‘Monitor’ Arizona Poll Boxes
The lawsuits came after complaints about “poll watchers” were referred to federal officials.
The lawsuits came after complaints about “poll watchers” were referred to federal officials.
The second set of House hearings focused on the role of false narratives in motivating the United States Capitol insurrection in January 2021.
On September 15 2021, rumors that “351K” or “400K” votes had “disappeared” from California gubernatorial recall totals during a CNN segment were popular on social media: In the above tweet, Twitter user Benny Johnson shared CNN video, braying: Someone explain to me why the Gavin Newsom recall effort had 351K votes DELETED from the YES …
CNN Missing 351K (or 400K) Votes in CA Recall Segment, Explained Read More »
In the lead up to the California gubernatorial recall election of September 14 2021, the usual disinformation purveyors went into high gear, poisoning the well with wall-to-wall claims of perfidy and election theft. Overall, the California recall and its elements were far-reaching, so we have broken this page up into parts. What’s the Deal with …
The Texas attorney general crowed over a “case” brought to light by a spurious right-wing group known for dishonestly edited “sting” videos.
Imaginary claims of “voter fraud” and “invalid elections” are being used to sow doubt and chaos around the state-certified win of Democratic Party candidates.
After The Hill tweeted that 46 percent of Americans believe that U.S. President Donald Trump should concede, “so 54%” became a Twitter trending topic.
After “watermarked ballots” (and many other rumors) failed to materialize, conspiracy theorists pivoted to claims that something known as “Benford’s Law” proved that votes for Joe Biden were inauthentic.
On November 6 2020, wild rumors highlighted two-day-old news about a tabulation error in Antrim County, Michigan as “proof” that Democrats were trying to steal the election, which had long since been identified and corrected.
Popular posts purportedly used unrelated or decontextualized images to make baseless claims about “election fraud” by way of discarded ballots.