Fact-Checking Republicans’ Misleading Claims About Problematic Elections
The article examines Senator Mike Lee’s claim about noncitizens registering to vote and reports that the available figures require further scrutiny.
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The article examines Senator Mike Lee’s claim about noncitizens registering to vote and reports that the available figures require further scrutiny.
Republished from The New York Times, with credit to the original publisher.
31 stories · 94–95 · updated Sep 25, 2026
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The article fact-checks election-related claims by President Trump, Senator Mike Lee and Speaker Mike Johnson, contrasting them with election data, research and expert assessments. It reports that several claims about mail voting, voter rolls and noncitizen voting are unsupported, misleading or lack evidence of widespread problems.
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