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Claim: A widespread issue exists where ballot machines made by Dominion Voting Systems are telling voters in Cook County, Illinois, who choose Republican candidates in the 2026 midterm elections that “people are not typically choosing this person.” Social media users are spreading a TikTok video of …
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Claim: A video authentically shows a touch screen voting machine “changing” a vote for Tobi Beck, a Democrat, to Jim Baird, a Republican, during the 2026 U.S. midterm elections. Context Someone reportedly recorded the video at a Tippecanoe County, Indiana, polling location in 2018, not 2026. At the …
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Claim: U.S. election machines in Florida, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and potentially other states are deliberately changing voters’ candidate choices in the 2026 midterms. Snopes has long debunked claims that electronic voting machines in the United States are rigged to switch votes from one …
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Claim: U.S. President Donald Trump accused Ukraine of midterm election interference after it struck “bot farms” in Russia in October 2026. A rumor (archived) that U.S. President Donald Trump accused Ukraine of midterm election interference after it struck “bot farms” in Russia spread in October. …
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Claim: Maricopa County Elections in Arizona issued an apology to U.S. President Donald Trump after officials presented evidence showing state leaders ordered thousands of Trump voters’ ballots in the 2020 election to be destroyed and also to count immigrants’ illegally cast votes for Joe Biden. …
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Claim: Voting ballots that are marked by poll workers are disqualified. Early voting in the U.S. midterm elections is underway. Voters are deciding which party will control Congress, as well as numerous state legislatures and governors’ offices. Snopes’ fact-checkers are flagging rumors surrounding …
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Claim: U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration declined to invite observers from Europe’s Organization for Security and Co-operation for the 2026 midterm elections, marking the first time the OSCE had not received an invitation to observe a federal U.S. election since 2002. In October, rumors …
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Claim: One hundred sixty-three votes for then-Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden in 2020 all came from one house in Oklahoma. A meme alleges 163 Democratic Party votes for former U.S. President Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory all came from the same Oklahoma address — a home displayed in …
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Claim: A screenshot authentically shows an X post from Elon Musk that says: “No one needs to worry about Democrats winning the midterm elections. I have a plan.” For more than a year, social media users have spread a purported screenshot of an X post by Elon Musk that says: “No one needs to worry …
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Claim: U.S. President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social, “Republicans must WIN the 2026 Midterm Elections, and we must use every appropriate tool… THANKS TO THE GREAT ELON MUSK EVERY REPUBLICAN VOTE COUNTS AS 3 VOTES!” Context The image is a doctored version of a real Truth Social post from …
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