Voting and Elections Guide

Fact Checking Websites

• ​FactCheck.org -- A nonpartisan, nonprofit “consumer advocate" for voters. It is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.
• Politifact -- Compiled by the staff of the Tampa Bay Times newspaper, Politifact aims to rate the truthfulness of statements made by candidates and pundits. 
• GovTrack -- ​Launched in 2004, GovTrack is built on open data. It helps everyone learn about and track the activities of the United States Congress. This is a project of Civic Impulse, LLC. GovTrack.us is not a government website.
• Vote411 -- Find Information on all candidates running in your district. Run by the National League of Women Voters.
• OpenSecrets is the website of the Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks money given to candidates and the effects of money on politics, public policy, and elections. Includes fundraising and other data on current members of Congress as well as data on money spent in various Congressional races, and also the candidates running for president. Includes information also on "dark money" and money spent by PACs (Political Action Committees), and other lobbying/interest groups. 

There is a lot of election information that is circulating in media, social media, and beyond. But how do we know if the information we are consuming is factual, accurate, and trustworthy? Below is a roundup of fact-checking resources and media literacy tools to help.  

• The News Literacy Project’s Misinformation Dashboard: Election 2024 — The News Literacy Project is a national education nonprofit offering nonpartisan programs that teach news literacy. This misinformation dashboard tool tracks the topics and tactics of 2024 election misinformation.  
• The S.I.F.T method — Developed by digital literacy expert Mike Caulfield, the S.I.F.T method is composed of four quick moves to help readers evaluate digital information. 
• Election misinformation, Brennan Center for Justice