Online hoaxes about the election
TikTok posts
stated on September 1, 2020 in a video posted on TikTok:
In Massachusetts, "anybody can go vote for anybody so long as they have their information. … They're not even checking IDs at the polling stations."
Facebook posts
stated on November 2, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Pennsylvania officials are “attempting to silence voters” by sending them letters that say they’ve been exposed to COVID-19 and “must remain quarantined and not vote in person on Election Day.”
Viral image
stated on October 21, 2020 in a post on Facebook:
Broken voting machines in Russellville, Ark., tried to automatically tally votes meant for Donald Trump as votes for Joe Biden.
Facebook posts
stated on November 4, 2020 in a post on Facebook:
Officials in Fairfax, Va., gave 100,000 Trump votes to Biden.
Bloggers
stated on November 6, 2020 in a blog post:
Says Nancy Pelosi has “suspicious ties” to a voting software company that was involved in glitches that favored Joe Biden.
Ben Wikler is chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin.
stated on November 8, 2020 in TV interview:
"Across the state the rejection rate for ballots went way down” in the Nov. 3 election.
Facebook posts
stated on November 16, 2020 in in a Live video:
"Voter FRAUD exposed in Georgia. Over 2600 votes 'FOUND.'"
Ted Nugent
stated on November 17, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says “47 additional counties used the same software that caused a ‘glitch’ in Antrim County (that switched 6,000 votes from Trump to Biden in that county)” and votes in the state are “potentially fraudulent.”
GOP Daily Brief
stated on November 23, 2020 in a story:
“Supreme Court Shakes Up 2020 Election, Assigns Conservatives To Swing State Circuit Courts.”
Donald Trump
stated on December 2, 2020 in a speech:
“No state in the country verifies United States citizenship as a condition for voting in federal elections.”