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Elections
No, a Georgia sheriff’s office didn’t warn people that KKK members are planning attacks
Elections
Viral video alleging a group of Haitians voted illegally in Georgia is fake
The video was produced by Russian trolls to “raise unfounded questions about the integrity of the U.S. election and stoke divisions among Americans.”
Elections
Viral video doesn’t show ‘illegal voters’ cutting the line in Pennsylvania
A viral video posted on X claims busloads of “illegal voters” skipped the line to vote early in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. That’s false.
Elections
No, you can’t change your vote after your ballot has been processed
Some people online who voted early in the 2024 presidential election are wondering if they can change their vote. You can’t if your ballot has been processed.
Tim Walz
Gov. Tim Walz did not send police with paintball guns to enforce COVID-19 curfews
Video shows Minnesota law enforcement using paintball guns to enforce a curfew during the George Floyd protests in 2020. It was unrelated to COVID-19.
Social Media
Gov. Tim Walz did not send police with paintball guns to enforce COVID-19 curfews
A viral video of law enforcement shooting paintballs doesn’t show enforcement of Walz’s COVID-19 restrictions. It shows a curfew during the George Floyd protests.
Elections
Yes, election officials regularly clean voter rolls
Federal law requires election officials to regularly update their voter lists and clean voter rolls.
Kamala Harris
Photo of Kamala Harris dressed in McDonald’s uniform is fake
The Harris campaign told VERIFY the vice president did work at a McDonald’s while she was in college, but this image of Harris in a McDonald’s uniform isn’t real.
Elections
No, Dominion Voting’s logo does not show a ballot flipping from red to blue
A years-old doctored image has recirculated following renewed conspiracy theories about the voting machine company.
Elections
Dominion Voting machines
AP file photos show Dominion Voting machines with the company's all-red logo.
Elections
Image of Dominion Voting logo flipping ballots is doctored
Conspiracy theorists claim the voting machine company’s logo shows a red ballot turning blue. That’s false.
Elections
A video that appears to show a poll worker in Pennsylvania destroying ballots is fake
In Bucks County, where ballots are under 24/7 surveillance, the Republican Committee called the video “disinformation aimed at scaring voters.”
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