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An image shows what appears to be a legitimate screenshot of an article, but it wasn’t real reporting from NPR.
An image shows what appears to be a legitimate screenshot of an article, but it wasn’t real reporting from NPR.
One site got a lot of attention after it allegedly “rescinded” Pennsylvania and “uncalled” the 2020 election.
After “watermarked ballots” (and many other rumors) failed to materialize, conspiracy theorists pivoted to claims that something known as “Benford’s Law” proved that votes for Joe Biden were inauthentic.
On November 6 2020, wild rumors highlighted two-day-old news about a tabulation error in Antrim County, Michigan as “proof” that Democrats were trying to steal the election, which had long since been identified and corrected.
Popular posts purportedly used unrelated or decontextualized images to make baseless claims about “election fraud” by way of discarded ballots.
As election workers continued to count votes, yet another baseless conspiracy theory — this one about “watermarked ballots” and election fraud — appeared and was circulated by the usual grifters and disinformation purveyors.
Posts and tweets advised residents of the state to check the status of their votes, advising them that they had a window of opportunity to “cure” their ballot if it had been rejected.
“Sharpie ballots” in Arizona became an intense focus on social media amid false claims poll workers distributed Sharpie markers and caused spoiled ballots.
A tweet spreading disinformation about Wisconsin having counted more votes than there are registered voters was deleted, but that sort of claim tends to hang around.
Conspiracy theories about mysteriously “placed” piles of bricks predictably emerged as voters went to the polls.