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True65% confidence6 sourcesSep 16, 2026Judge Tawani found the executive order unconstitutional because it violated Article 1, Section 4 of the Constitution regarding state authority to regulate elections.Sources on the June 25, 2026 ruling by Judge Indira Talwani (the claim's 'Tawani') support that she found the executive order unconstitutional on Elections Clause grounds, citing Article I, Section 4 and states' authority over elections. Other reports frame her core holding as ultra vires and separation-of-powers grounds, so the Article I, Section 4 ground is one of several rather than the sole reason. The claim departs from the passage in no material way.True88% confidence5 sourcesSep 16, 2026The United States Postal Service has rejected mail ballot envelopes in at least one jurisdiction in Florida.Said by CThe USPS rejected Leon County, Florida's mail ballot envelope design on September 2, 2026, over a spacing defect, which matches the claim's 'at least one jurisdiction in Florida.' The rejection was later reversed on appeal and the county was granted temporary certification, but that does not change whether the rejection occurred as of 2026-09-16.True60% confidence5 sourcesSep 16, 2026A postal service employee claimed in a declaration filed to the First Circuit that the Postal Service is not ready to implement the rule regarding mail voting.Said by CSources support the core of the claim: USPS told the court in a declaration that its portal was not yet operational and that it was not ready to implement the rule (citing the Monteith declaration, and a top official acknowledged the portal was unfinished). They do not directly confirm that the declarant was a postal employee or that the filing went to the First Circuit, since the cited declaration was filed in the District Court; the claim departs from the passage only in that it attributes the filing to the First Circuit, which the sources do not confirm.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True72% confidence4 sourcesSep 16, 2026People have been arrested for voter registrations on Skid Row.Federal authorities arrested James Brass on Skid Row-linked charges in September 2026 (before the 2026-09-16 post), and the DOJ and other reports describe Skid Row voter-registration-related arrests and charges. The claim is loosely worded: the Brass case centers on paying people to sign petitions with stolen voter identities, while registration-specific charges (a petition circulator who agreed to plead guilty to paying someone to register) are reported separately.True75% confidence7 sourcesSep 16, 2026The Department of Justice has a record of 0 wins and 23 losses in the voter data cases filed against states.Said by CMultiple recent sources report the DOJ's district court record in its voter roll suits as 0 wins and 23 losses, and none show a court ruling for the DOJ. Earlier trackers cite 27 dismissals, a figure that conflicts with the 23 count, but the more recent reports consistently use 23.True85% confidence5 sourcesSep 16, 2026The Department of Justice has filed 31 cases against 30 states and the District of Columbia regarding voter data.Said by CThe claim matches the extracted passage, which says 31 cases against 30 states and DC as of the September 2026 post. Multiple sources, including the AP and a University of Wisconsin tracker, report the same count of 31 lawsuits against 30 states plus Washington, D.C.True88% confidence4 sourcesSep 16, 2026David Becker and Christopher Krebs appeared together in an interview on July 19, 2026.A CBS News transcript and program listings confirm that David Becker and Chris Krebs appeared together on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on July 19, 2026, matching the claim. The post's reference to "the last interview in July" is consistent with that broadcast, so the extraction is faithful.True60% confidence5 sourcesSep 16, 2026Eight of the 23 judges who decided the DOJ voter data cases were appointed by Donald Trump.Said by CThe claim's core figure of eight Trump-appointed judges matches ProPublica's October 2026 count (eight of 26 judges with final rulings) and Becker's August count (eight Trump appointees among twenty courts). The 23-case denominator matches the post's September 16 snapshot but no source states it directly, and ProPublica's later count of 26 reflects a different date, not a contradiction.True85% confidence6 sourcesSep 16, 2026Colorado sent 29,997 postcards to ineligible citizens due to a system integration with ERIC.Colorado's secretary of state's office mistakenly mailed about 30,000 noncitizens postcards encouraging voter registration, blaming a database glitch from matching an ERIC name list against driver's license records. The exact figure of 29,997 is not in the sources but is consistent with 'about 30,000'; the claim's phrase 'ineligible citizens' should read 'noncitizens', and the post's claim of intentional inflation of the rolls is not supported and was rejected by AFP as misleading.True95% confidence9 sourcesSep 16, 2026A Trump-appointed judge in Georgia blocked a subpoena for Fulton County election workers' information.Said by CMultiple sources report that U.S. District Judge William M. Ray II, appointed by Trump, quashed a Justice Department grand jury subpoena on July 7, 2026 seeking names and personal contact information of Fulton County 2020 election workers. The claim matches the passage's wording and the ruling predates the September 16 post.True90% confidence7 sourcesSep 16, 2026A federal warrant was issued in Fulton County, Georgia, in January regarding the 2020 election.Said by CMultiple tier-1 and tier-2 sources report that the FBI executed a search warrant at the Fulton County election office in Union City on January 28, 2026, seeking records related to the 2020 election, and NPR obtained a copy of the warrant. The exact issuance date is not separately reported, but execution in January supports the claim, and the claim faithfully tracks the passage.True95% confidence5 sourcesSep 16, 2026Federal law requires election records to be retained for 22 months.The claim that federal law requires election records to be retained for 22 months is directly confirmed by the U.S. Code text of 52 U.S.C. § 20701, the DOJ's own guidance, the EAC overview, and CRS. The claim matches the passage's question-and-answer exchange ('What's the record retention requirement for under federal law? 22 months.'), so the extraction is faithful and the claim is graded on its content.