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With one week until the midterms, PolitiFact is on the lookout for ‘mischief’

Poynter · Tom Jones · last updated

The final stretch could bring false claims about voting machines, rigged elections and even Sharpies, PolitiFact editor-in-chief Katie Sanders says

We are just one week away from the most consequential midterm election in recent history.

At stake? Control of the House and the Senate during one of the most divisive political times in American history under one of the most controversial presidents in American history.

Next Tuesday — Nov. 3 — American voters will head to the ballot box to not only help determine the balance of power for the next two years, but also set the stage for what figures to be a momentous 2028 presidential election.

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