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The U.S. has seen a massive surge of disinformation about mail-in voting. Snopes is here to check the claims.
by Brandon Echter, Sept. 25, 2020
(Brandon Echter)
Mail-in ballots, a staple of American elections, have been in the spotlight this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions on public gatherings. And with renewed focus on mail-in voting has come a mountain of misinformation. We've collected Snopes fact checks about mail-in voting and early voting here.
Aug. 27, 2020
The U.S. Postal Service warned that, if you’re voting by mail, waiting until the deadline to app ...
Aug. 17, 2020
The ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic means voting by mail will play a key role in the 2020 ...
May 26, 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly made the claim as states scrambled to establish new elect ...
July 29, 2020
The USPS does recommend requesting ballots at least 15 days in advance and mailing them at least ...
Aug. 6, 2020
U.S. Postal Service workers nationwide reported backlogs of letters and packages in summer 2020. ...
Aug. 6, 2020
"Even if a person receives multiple ballots, only one return ballot can be counted," according t ...
Aug. 10, 2020
However you slice these numbers, documented examples of such fraud appear to be rare.
Aug. 14, 2020
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Aug. 11, 2020
While both are election crimes, there is a difference between modifying mail-in ballots and modi ...
May 21, 2020
"Conflating voters choosing not to cast their ballot with 'missing' ballots is a fundamental fla ...
May 28, 2020
Social media posts in May 2020 claimed the incident was an example of the ballot-casting system' ...
May 21, 2020
As Trump criticized voting by mail, some social media users shined a light on the president's ow ...
Oct. 26, 2016
The DOJ issued a statement saying that voter intimidation is against federal law, not that accus ...
Jan. 27, 2019
"Any illegal vote deprives Americans of their voice."
Aug. 18, 2020
Fake driver’s licenses grabbed by customs officials since early 2020 became subjects of voting-r ...
Aug. 14, 2020
The number of U.S. Postal Service collection boxes overall has fallen by at least 60% since the ...
Aug. 10, 2020
The U.S. president has expressed many (and varied) feelings about mail-in voting.
Sept. 25, 2020
Claims, hoaxes, and misinformation abound. Snopes investigates the claims of the 2020 U.S. Election.
