Tuesday, October 21 was the first day of the 2026 midterm cycle where the pure number of election rumors exceeded our team’s ability to keep up. Among other stories, there were reports from several ...

Emerging stories about election integrity — and the rumors taking shape around them — from Washington, Minnesota, and Arizona ...

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Each week in the lead-up to Election Day, the Center for an Informed Public’s election rumor research team collates emerging rumors from across social media platforms related to election processes and ...

DHS reports misconstrue vulnerabilities as having been exploited, “Ballot Dumping” in Valley Center misleadingly suggest mass voter fraud, and prediction markets already advertising election ...

In recent weeks, our election rumor research team has surfaced numerous social media posts where people have expressed confusion, concern and even doubt about the safety and security of voting by mail ...

On X, the “rigged election” crowd is pushing rumors around a video clip of election workers in Arizona, working late at night, allegedly doing something nefarious.