Voting Rights

Does The Epoch Times' map that shows 232 electoral votes for Donald Trump and 227 for Joe Biden tell the whole story about the state of the 2020 presidential election? It's missing context. The conservative news outlet claims that the election outcome is unclear, pointing to six states that it says has incomplete or contested results. Lead Stories did a…

Does a map that highlights states using Dominion Voting Systems software correspond to a second map showing where President Donald Trump is contesting election results in court? No, that is misleading. The Trump campaign has not filed lawsuits in all six states highlighted on the map and none of the lawsuits filed in any of the states have anything to…

Did a worker in Philadelphia disguise trash cans so that people would throw away their ballots? No, that's not true: The posters proclaiming "Ballot Box" on sidewalk solar-powered trash compactors were created to advertise "Ballot Box" an exhibit about the history of voting rights at the nearby Union League Building. Suspicions were aired. Complaints were made. Apologies were made. Trash…

Was a man serious when he told a journalist that George Soros invited him to lunch, paid him by personal check to protest, and made him rich? No, that's not true: A video of the "paid protester" is a 3-year-old spoof, according to the man who conducted the faux interview and posted the original two-minute video. Furthermore, the man featured…

Did Joe Biden, a U.S. Democratic presidential candidate, spar with a Michigan autoworker over the issue of gun control? Yes, that's true, and here's some context: Biden and the man, Jerry Wayne, did exchange words at a Detroit, Michigan, auto plant on March 10, 2020. Biden was campaigning ahead of the critical Michigan primary, which he decisively won later that…

Did U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer say, "It's racist to only allow citizens to vote"? No, that's not true: Schumer never said that. Several sites are wrongly attributing this quote to him, but he did not say it. Lead Stories has traced the claim back to its original source, and the quote was entirely made up. The story recently…

Do eight Iowa counties have more registered voters than there are people eligible to vote in those counties? No, that's not true. Looking at the latest available data in February 2020 there are only five counties where the number of total registered voters exceeds the voting age population. But the number dropped to only one county when just counting the…

Did Rosanna Blake say 'My Dad Would Be Ashamed Obama Was Our President' and was she the daughter of Malcom X? No, that's not true: Malcom X had six daughters but none named Rosanna Blake. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to fool Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing made up stories that are clearly…

Did Democrats vote 228-197 in favor of allowing illegals to vote? And is that "insanity" because they have been fighting against "foreign involvement in our elections" for two years? No, that's not true: the claim made in a viral internet image is based on a wrong interpretation of a vote that did take place on March 8, 2019 which did…

Did Taylor Swift throw her support behind restoring the shōgunate in Japan? No, of course not: that story was launched by a satirical website in response to her sudden support for two candidates from the Democratic party in the upcoming Tennessee midterms after a long period of not making any comments at all regarding politics. The story originated from an…