Did Michigan Send Absentee Ballots to 7.7 Million People? President Trump's latest "voter fraud" smear was immediately refuted by Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson.
The ‘All Democrats Voted Against a Social Security Raise’ Meme Weeks before the 2018 United States’ midterm elections, propaganda from across the political spectrum flew thick and fast. Some of it contained grains of truth, while other stories were completely made up, such as a particularly lazy cut-and-paste meme that appeared in mid-October: The meme asks rhetorically, without citation or supporting evidence: Were any of you aware […]
Voting Rights and Provisional Ballots The United States’ 2018 midterm elections approached with far more fanfare than is normal for what is usually a relatively sleepy electoral affair, including an unusual focus on voter disenfranchisement. Stories of people discovering that they were suddenly not eligible to vote and and other voter suppression tactics appeared over and over again: In Georgia, a coalition of […]
Brazil Holds Election Amid Disinformation, Propaganda Crisis Imagine, if you will: A presidential election in which even the most basic facts are riddled with confusing disinformation, a far-right candidate appealing to authoritarians and repulsing many women with misogynistic comments, and connections to political aspirants such as Marine Le Pen and Steve Bannon. This is Brazil in 2018, and the person who was […]
Did Facebook Hire George Soros to Help Moderate Elections? Right-wing blogs strained to "link" the billionaire and the social media platform.
Planned Parenthood to Spend $30 Million in Mid-term Elections-Truth! & Fiction! Planned Parenthood advocacy groups are part of a coalition that plans to spend $30 million on 2018 mid-term elections, but that money doesn't come from government funding.
3 Poll Workers Arrested in Alabama for Voter Fraud -Fiction! False rumors that Alabama State Police arrested 3 poll workers from Birmingham followed Doug Jones' surprising win in Alabama's special election.
Were Three Democratic Victories Overturned By Courts Due to Voter Fraud? A "satirical" blog's post from 2017 turned into a real-life Republican tactic three years later.
