False claims and conspiracy theories about voting and the election process swirled on social media as Americans cast their ballots on Tuesday. Here's a look at some of them.
The disinformation was driven by Republicans. Former President Donald Trump and other prominent right-wing figures seized on technical problems in some key states to baselessly suggest there had been intentional malfeasance. Trump also made a baseless claim of mass voter fraud. Here is a look at some of the early false and misleading claims. This article will be updated as CNN fact-checks additional claims.
The tweet was thoroughly inaccurate. Maricopa County’s elections aren’t run by Democrats: its elections chief, Recorder Stephen Richer, and its Board of Supervisors chairman, Bill Gates, are both Republicans. And the county’s online wait-times tracker showed that dozens of voting locations there had waits of under five minutes, including many with no waits at all. County voters are permitted to cast their ballots at whatever location they choose.
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