‘It’s Now Illegal to Offer Someone Water in a Voting Line in Georgia’ Readers and commenters objected to a "new" law in Georgia prohibiting distribution of food or water to voters waiting in line.
‘Election Fraud is Real, and It’s Happening Right Now’ Popular posts purportedly used unrelated or decontextualized images to make baseless claims about "election fraud" by way of discarded ballots.
Flint Robocalls Purportedly Advised Voters to Avoid Long Lines and ‘Vote Tomorrow’ Michigan's Attorney General warned of election day robocalls received by Flint residents warning of "long lines" -- and advising them to vote "tomorrow."
Virginia Voter Registration Disrupted on Deadline Day Due to ‘Accidentally’ Cut Cable "Accidentally" trended on Twitter following news a cut cable crashed Virginia's voter registration site on the last day to register before the 2020 election.
Did California Gov. Newsom Change All Voters’ Preference to Vote by Mail — So All In-Person Voters Will Be Turned Away? Social media rumors targeting vote-by-mail options falsely claimed California's governor made a change to voting preferences in order to make it difficult to vote in person.
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.
Did Sen. Elizabeth Warren Propose Making ‘Spreading Disinformation Online’ Illegal? A tweet from a news organization distorted a plan released by the Democratic presidential candidate.
Attempted Voter Suppression in Edison, New Jersey? A Facebook post claimed that an election worker demanded identification and attempted to prevent someone from casting a vote in November 2019.
Is a Proposed Bill in Texas Trying to Disenfranchise the Elderly and Poor by Prohibiting Transportation to Polls? On May 6 2019, the following tweet described proposed legislation in Texas that would purportedly disenfranchise voters unable to drive themselves to the polls: Texas Sen. Bryan Hughes' new bill, S. Bill 9, will disallow driving of elderly, disabled, or poor people to the polls. It would ban efforts with vans full of elderly from nursing […]
