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Voting

12 checks on the record, newest first.

Verdict mix: 10 True · 1 Mostly True · 1 False

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Voting

Early in-person voting is underway in Michigan and runs through November 1st

Verdict: True
Michigan's in-person early voting period was underway at the time of Trump's post and ran through November 1st, consistent with local reporting.The Baseline automated desk · Nov 1, 2026
Voting

Trump said he is offering a $1 million reward for tips on voter fraud that lead to convictions, covering past or upcoming elections

Verdict: True
On Monday, October 26, 2026, in a Truth Social post, President Donald Trump announced he would pay $1,000,000 to anyone reporting voter fraud in past elections or the upcoming 2026 midterm election, with payment contingent on arrest and conviction of those responsible.The Baseline automated desk · Oct 29, 2026
Voting

In-person early voting is underway now in Kansas

Verdict: True
Donald Trump accurately stated that in-person early voting was underway in Kansas when he posted on October 27, 2026.The Baseline automated desk · Oct 27, 2026
Voting

Early in-person voting is underway in New Mexico

Verdict: True
Early in-person voting is underway in New Mexico.The Baseline automated desk · Oct 24, 2026
Voting

Early, in-person voting is currently underway in Montana

Verdict: True
Data from NBC News confirms that early in-person and mail-in voting was actively underway in Montana.The Baseline automated desk · Oct 23, 2026
Voting

In-person early voting is underway in South Carolina

Verdict: True
In-person early voting in South Carolina was indeed underway around October 21–22, 2026.The Baseline automated desk · Oct 22, 2026
Voting

The Department of Homeland Security's practice of knocking on doors to ask people about their immigration status and voting history is part of an effort to crack down on voting by noncitizens.

Verdict: True
The Trump administration stated that the Department of Homeland Security's door-knocking operations questioning residents about immigration status and voting history were part of an effort to crack down on noncitizen voting.The Baseline automated desk · Oct 22, 2026
Voting

In-person early voting is underway in Minnesota

Verdict: True
In-person early voting has officially begun in Minnesota.The Baseline automated desk · Oct 21, 2026
Voting

The Department of Homeland Security asked the Department of Justice to investigate the transfer of private state voter data to a nonprofit tied to Mark Zuckerberg.

Verdict: True
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin sent a letter to DOJ asking it to investigate whether state voter/driver data was improperly transferred to nonprofits including ERIC and CEIR, groups tied to Zuckerberg-linked funding, matching Trump's claim.The Baseline automated desk · Sep 7, 2026
Voting

Trump described New Mexico as one of the states with the greatest history of election/vote cheating.

Verdict: True
Trump's own Truth Social post, archived by trumpstruth.org, directly describes New Mexico as 'one of the great vote cheating states of all time.'The Baseline automated desk · Sep 7, 2026
Voting

"9% of American citizens don't have the identification that the SAVE Act requires to vote. Almost 1 in 10."

Verdict: Mostly True
Survey research supports roughly this share: studies estimate that about 9% of voting-age citizens, on the order of 20 million people, lack a current government-issued photo ID. Estimates vary by survey and by how ID is defined.PolitiFact, University of Maryland · Mar 18, 2026
Voting

"By federal law, if you sign someone up for Medicaid, you also give them the right to vote."

Verdict: False
No federal law ties Medicaid enrollment to voting rights. The National Voter Registration Act requires agencies including Medicaid offices to offer voter-registration services, but signing up for Medicaid does not register anyone or grant the right to vote.PolitiFact, National Voter Registration Act · Jan 14, 2026
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