How you can help Snopes hold power to account
With the midterm elections one week away, the Snopes newsroom is fighting an uphill battle against deep-pocketed political campaigns that don’t care about the truth.
Our reporters are as committed as ever to fact-checking candidates’ claims that exaggerate reality or omit important context to get your attention. We investigate every rumor with the same level of scrutiny, regardless of how it affects Democrats or Republicans.
But we can't do it alone. As ad revenue continues to decline, members help pay our journalists’ salaries, fund our day-to-day operations and keep us independent. Over the last three weeks, more than 5,000 people have stepped up to support us.
We're closing in on our goal of 40,000 members by the end of the year, which will allow us to investigate important claims in the months ahead.
Right now, our members are funding our fact-checkers’ work to track key races across the country, confront candidates about their half-truths and lies, combat claims about election fraud, and spend long, tedious hours scouring campaign finance records. (Find some recent election-related fact-checking and analysis that our members helped fund in this newsletter.)
On Election Day, we’ve planned an all-hands-on-deck effort to monitor rumors stemming from polling sites or vote-counting efforts, and to suss out campaigns’ claims about the results after polls close. In the days that follow, we’re ready to tackle misleading rumors about alleged fraud that often surface to undermine the voting process.
In other words, while this election cycle is nearing an end, our commitment to truth-telling isn’t. Our watchdog journalism won’t stop after races are called and losing candidates go home.
If you believe in the power of evidence-based journalism at a time when facts are under attack, please consider becoming a Snopes member today. By contributing $10 a month, or even less with an annual plan, you can directly fund our independent, nonpartisan fact-checking.
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— Jessica Lee, Snopes Executive Editor
Election analysis, fact-checking
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Noncitizens don't vote in large numbers in US elections. Here's proof
We spoke to state election officials to learn how they prevent noncitizens from voting in federal elections.
Political AI slop is flooding social media. Could it sway the midterms and harm democracy?
In this member-exclusive report, experts explain how political slop can make voters more vulnerable to extremism and entrench their preexisting beliefs.
Why vote count spikes are a normal part of elections
While sudden surges in votes regularly fuel unfounded election fraud claims, there are specific, legitimate explanations.
Voters have raised concerns about their ballots being lost in fires. Here are the facts
Ballot drop box fires remain a threat to paper ballots, though officials are working hard to mitigate the risk of losing votes
