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Milwaukee wards did not have more votes for president than registered voters

By Haley BeMiller November 5, 2020

"Seven Milwaukee wards report more 2020 presidential votes than registered voters.”

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No, thousands of military ballots were not found in the trash in Wisconsin

By Samantha Putterman November 5, 2020

Thousands of military ballots were found in the trash in Wisconsin.

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No, more mail-in ballots weren’t counted in a Pennsylvania county than were cast

November 5, 2020

More mail-in ballots were counted in Lancaster County, Pa., than were returned.

Flint ballot stuffing

Video of ‘ballot stuffing’ is not from a Flint, Mich., polling place. It’s from Russia

By Louis Jacobson November 5, 2020

Say a video shows “staffers stuffing ballots in flint mi”

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Despite #sharpiegate, no evidence of plot to use the pens to cancel Trump votes

November 5, 2020

“If you were forced to use a Sharpie” to fill out your ballot, “that is voter fraud.”

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Dead voters on Detroit’s voter rolls, including person born in 1823? That post is outdated

By Amy Sherman November 5, 2020

Detroit has “2,503 dead people registered” including “one voter born in 1823.”

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Biden netted more votes in Michigan than Trump

November 5, 2020

Joe Biden was called for Michigan even though Donald Trump won more votes.

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No, Michigan ballots counted after Election Day aren’t fraudulent

November 5, 2020

“Any votes counted after midnight” on Election Day in Michigan “are fraud.”

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No, Wisconsin voter turnout did not jump from 67% in 2016 to 89% in 2020

By Eric Litke November 5, 2020

Wisconsin voter turnout jumped from 67% in 2016 to 89% in 2020.

No, Wisconsin did not take a break from counting election results

By Haley BeMiller November 5, 2020

“Wisconsin took a break, and when they returned, Biden coincidentally came back ahead by 100k.”

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Tucker Carlson’s false claim that elites in Washington ignored the opioid epidemic in rural America

By Jon Greenberg November 5, 2020

“When large numbers of people in Butler (Pa.) started killing themselves with narcotics, no one in Washington or New York or Los Angeles said a…

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North Carolina and Wisconsin did not have more votes cast than registered voters

November 5, 2020

Asks, “How is this possible?” with a chart showing that 104.41% of registered voters in North Carolina and 103.56% of registered voters in Wisconsin cast…

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