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True90% confidence5 sourcesOct 27, 2026Microsoft is offering buyouts to 27% of its global workforce.Said by AAP (tier1) reports Microsoft offered 60,000 employees, about 27% of its global workforce, voluntary buyouts on 2026-10-26, and Reuters and CBS confirm the roughly 60,000 / quarter-of-workforce figure. The offer was limited to eligible employees (VP level and below, in Canada, India, the UK and the US), a scope detail that does not contradict the claim.True93% confidence6 sourcesOct 27, 2026Acting US Attorney Neil Floyd and Eastern District of Washington US Attorney Pete Serrano called on state election officials to segregate ballots cast by more than 400 people suspected of being illegally registered to vote.Said by AThe DOJ press release and multiple wire and national outlets confirm that Acting U.S. Attorney Neil Floyd and Eastern District of Washington prosecutor Pete Serrano asked state election officials to segregate or set aside ballots cast by more than 400 people who appear to be illegally registered (405 named). Serrano is described as first assistant U.S. attorney rather than U.S. attorney, a minor title imprecision that does not affect the core assertion.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True60% confidence4 sourcesOct 27, 2026Some individuals on the DOJ's list of non-citizen voters voted multiple times, including one individual who voted 27 times.Said by BThe sources report that the DOJ's list of about 400 alleged noncitizen voters includes people who voted multiple times, and that one individual voted as many as 27 times, consistent with the 'more than two dozen' figure. The 27-vote figure comes from DOJ prosecutors' own account and is not independently verified, and Washington's Secretary of State has disputed the list's accuracy, particularly older 1990s records.True90% confidence5 sourcesOct 27, 2026Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs has stated there have been 15 confirmed cases of illegal voting in the state since 1982.Said by 2CMultiple sources report that Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs cited 15 documented cases of noncitizen or illegal voting in the state between 1982 and 2025, including a direct quote from Hobbs on KHQ. The sources describe these as noncitizen voting cases rather than 'illegal voting' in general, but the post itself uses 'confirmed illegal voting', which matches the documented-case framing.True88% confidence4 sourcesOct 27, 2026Steve Hobbs described the press conference held by the speaker as intended to cast unfounded suspicion on the results of the November 3rd election.Said by AReuters (tier1) and KNKX both quote Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs saying the timing of the DOJ request, one week before the General Election, 'is no doubt intended to cast unfounded suspicion on the results.' The claim's core assertion is supported. The sources frame the remark as aimed at the timing of the request and the press conference announcing it, which is a close match to the claim's wording. The claim is consistent with the post's own text, and its referent for 'the speaker' is the official who held the press conference.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True90% confidence5 sourcesOct 27, 2026Washington state is an attestation state for voter registration.Said by AWashington registrants must sign or affirm an attestation of U.S. citizenship and eligibility under RCW 29A.08.123 and county and Secretary of State guidance, which matches the claim that it is an attestation state. Sources published before 2026-10-27 support this, and the extraction faithfully reflects the speaker's 'our state' referring to Washington.True85% confidence5 sourcesOct 27, 2026The Keep Washington Working Act prohibits state officials from asking about immigration status.Said by BMultiple primary Washington government sources state that the Keep Washington Working Act bars law enforcement officers from asking about immigration or citizenship status, except when the question is directly connected to a criminal investigation. The claim's core assertion holds as of 2026-10-27, and the claim faithfully paraphrases the post's statement that they 'will tell you we're not allowed to ask about immigration status.'Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True60% confidence5 sourcesOct 27, 2026A margin of 400 votes would have decided a Washington commissioner of public lands election.Said by AThe 2024 Washington Commissioner of Public Lands primary was decided by a margin of about 51 votes (the recount found 49), so a 400-vote margin would have been decisive in that contest. No source addresses the hypothetical 400-vote figure directly, and the 'Washington' referent is resolved from the post's mention of Washington State.True70% confidence6 sourcesOct 27, 2026A margin of 400 votes would have decided the 2004 Washington gubernatorial election.Said by AThe 2004 Washington gubernatorial race was decided by a final hand-recount margin of 129 votes (initial count 261, machine recount 42), so a 400-vote margin would have exceeded the actual margin at every stage and would have decided the race. The sources do not address this counterfactual directly, so the verdict rests on the arithmetic from the recorded margins; the claim's Washington referent comes from the post's own mention of Washington State.True95% confidence7 sourcesOct 27, 2026The U.S. Attorney's Office notified the State of Washington of a list of names of people identified as non-citizens voting in elections.Said by BThe claim matches the record: on October 26, 2026, the acting U.S. Attorneys in Seattle and Spokane sent Secretary of State Steve Hobbs a letter with a list of more than 400 people they said may be noncitizens voting in Washington. The sources dispute the list's accuracy, not whether it was sent, and the claim's wording tracks the passage.True65% confidence7 sourcesOct 27, 2026Neil Floyd is the acting U.S. Attorney.Said by AMultiple October 26–27, 2026 sources, including a U.S. Attorney's Office press release, identify Neil Floyd as acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington, so the claim held on 2026-10-27. However, an October 1 AP report says a judge reinstated Roger Rogoff as the district's U.S. attorney, which conflicts with Floyd's title and is not reconciled by the sources.True92% confidence3 sourcesOct 27, 2026The U.S. Attorney's Office held a press conference one week before the 2026 election regarding an investigation into non-citizen voting.Said by AThe U.S. Attorney's Office for Western Washington held a news conference on Monday, October 26, 2026, one week before the November 3 election, announcing a non-citizen voting investigation that identified 405 cases. The claim matches the post's own reference to a press conference a week before a major election, and the sources confirm the office, date, and subject.