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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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Eric Trump retweets video falsely claiming man burned 80 Trump ballots
By Bill McCarthy November 4, 2020

A person is on film “burning 80 Trump ballots.”

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No, President Trump, ‘ballot dumps’ in key states were not a magical surprise
By Louis Jacobson November 4, 2020

“Last night I was leading, often solidly, in many key States, in almost all instances Democrat run & controlled. Then, one by one, they started…

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Fact-checking a conspiracy theory about ballot counting in battleground states
By Daniel Funke November 4, 2020

"Six states can't get the votes counted. Six states in which @realDonaldTrump is leading. Six states where Dems are in charge."

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Viral tweet spreads false information about mail ballots in DeKalb County, Ga.
By Daniel Funke November 4, 2020

“40,000 rejected vote by mail ballots in DeKalb County need to be cured by Friday or they will be tossed.”

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No, Nevada did not stop counting ballots
By Amy Sherman November 4, 2020

“Now that it’s even, Nevada decides to stop counting and is now not going to count anything until TOMORROW! What?!”

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No, these FiveThirtyEight graphs don’t prove voter fraud
November 4, 2020

Early morning election results from Michigan and Wisconsin show voter fraud.

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Social media post falsely claims Wisconsin ‘found’ 112,000 votes at 3 a.m.
By Miriam Valverde November 4, 2020

“Wisconsin found 112k votes at 3am.”

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There’s Nothing ‘Mysterious’ About California’s Mail-In Voting System, Despite False Facebook Claim
By Chris Nichols November 4, 2020

“This is the California model spreading across the country. When you need to flip things blue there’s always some mysterious mail-in ballots lying around that’ll…

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No, Biden did not receive thousands of mysteriously surfaced votes in Michigan
By Bill McCarthy November 4, 2020

Says Joe Biden received a sudden influx of 138,339 votes in Michigan while Donald Trump received none.

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