Claims extracted
17
sentences that state something as happening or true
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12%
2 of 17 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
68/100
Fox News's corrections and
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California Attorney General Rob Bonta said Tuesday afternoon that his office will deploy election observers in response to concerns that Justice Department monitors could intimidate voters.
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monitors → say → voters
Bonta said California was taking the same approach it used during the previous two elections, when the state dispatched its own observers alongside federal monitors.
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state → say → monitors
The DOJ's Civil Rights Division has sent 1,000 monitors across the country to ensure election integrity and protect Americans' right to vote, a plan that has been public knowledge for months.
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that → send → months
The department confirmed Tuesday that while federal election monitoring is routine, this year's operation is the largest in its history, with monitors deployed to all 50 states for the first time.
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monitors → confirm → time
The DOJ also released a list of cities where monitors are being deployed.
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monitors → release → cities
In California, they are being sent to Los Angeles, Alameda, Sacramento and San Diego.
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they → send → Angeles
Bonta and other critics have argued that the unusually large federal presence could spook voters or discourage some from casting ballots.
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presence → argue → ballots
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, who leads the Civil Rights Division, told Bloomberg in an August interview that the role of DOJ election monitors would be to observe election practices and pursue investigations into any possible instances of fraud after the fact — not to intervene directly while people are voting.
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people → lead → fact
In Tuesday's announcement, the DOJ added that monitors will also be responsible for ensuring that polling places are accessible for those with disabilities.
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places → add → disabilities
In her Bloomberg interview, Dhillon said the election monitors would respect the laws of whichever states they end up in.
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they → say → states
Many states restrict monitors from entering polling places and require them to remain behind designated boundaries outside.
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states → restrict → boundaries
"We respect state law," Dhillon told Bloomberg at the time.
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Dhillon → respect → time
"We reach out to the states.
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We → reach → states
If their perimeter is 150 yards, we respect that."
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we → respect → that
Dhillon also pointed out that the DOJ sent more than 80 monitors to observe primary elections across seven states this year, including locations in Minnesota, Michigan, Florida, Wyoming, South Carolina, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
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DOJ → point → Minnesota
The nationwide deployment appeared to be proceeding without major incident Tuesday afternoon, with no significant confrontations involving federal monitors publicly reported.
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confrontations → appear → monitors
This comes after the Supreme Court on Monday rejected the Trump administration's effort to require California election officials to segregate ballots cast by 20,000 voters the DOJ believes are noncitizens.
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DOJ → come → voters
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