2022 election misinformation

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• The Brennan Center for Justice highlighted three lessons on misinformation from the midterms — focusing mostly on election deniers and social media networks — and included some recommended solutions.

  

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  3 Lessons on Misinformation in the Midterms Spread on Social Media

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  Election-related falsehoods corrode American democracy. Since 2020, lies about a stolen presidential election cropped up in dozens of campaigns for …

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  Fact check: No correlation between winning candidates and number of social media followers

  USA TODAY - Ana Faguy

  The claim: Candidates with more social media followers losing an election is proof of fraud Before announcing their bids for public office, Pennsylvania Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz and Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake had large social media followings – Oz from his TV show and Lake from …

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  Incorrect figures aired in RSBN election broadcast are not proof of voter fraud in PA governor’s race

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  Typographical errors aired during a Right-Side Broadcasting Network (RSBN) election broadcast on Nov 8 showing incorrect data pertaining to the Pennsylvania governor’s race is not proof of voter fraud. The incorrect data that was aired was a result of manually inputting election numbers, the …

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  Reelection of dead PA state rep is not proof of fraud; Special election due to fill his spot

  Reuters

  Social media users are falsely suggesting that Pennsylvania’s reelection of state representative Anthony DeLuca, who passed away on Oct. 9, is evidence of election fraud during the 2022 U.S. midterms. DeLuca died after the state’s deadline to withdraw candidates from the ballot, but there will be a …

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  PolitiFact - No, this isn’t video evidence of election fraud in Philadelphia

  politifact.com - Ciara O'Rourke

  But the version of the video spreading on social media cuts out the Madison, Wisconsin, dateline. City Commissioner Seth Bluestein tweeted photos of …

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  Fact Check: Viral 2020 Video Does NOT Show Election Workers Committing Fraud In Delaware County, Pennsylvania -- NO Fraud In 2020, Either | Lead Stories

  leadstories.com - Kaiyah Clarke

  2020 Counting Does a viral video show election workers in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, commiting voter fraud in November 2022? No, that's not true: …