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WASHINGTON DC, KOMPAS.com – Votes for Joe Biden in the US Presidential Election (US Presidential Election) in Michigan soared by more than 138,000 on Wednesday morning (11/4/2020) local time, apparently due to a typographical error.
“So when everyone went to bed and everyone went home, the Democrats in Michigan miraculously got 138,339 votes, and all 138,339 votes went magically for Biden? That’s not at all suspicious,” one joked. surfer On twitter.
The increase was initially blamed for cheating in the US elections, but was immediately cleared up by Clerk Caroline Wilson of Shiawassee County in central Michigan.
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“I added the extra zeros by accident,” which resulted in 153,710 votes for Biden, when it should have been 15,371.
“Once (the bug) was found, it was corrected immediately, maybe after 20 minutes, so I was surprised at how quickly it spread,” Wilson told the news agency. AFP.
The error was immediately corrected by local state officials, but independent analysts claimed it was a scam. online in the US presidential elections.
After the figure was corrected, Democrats “lost” 138,339 votes due to typographical error, while the vote for Trump was unaffected.
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Sharpie pen controversy
Other rumors of US election manipulation have also surfaced in Arizona, with claims that voters are being forced to wear a Sharpie (a brand of ballpoint pen), so that it is not read and Trump’s votes are counted.
“The TPS officer took a pen from the voters and told him to use a Sharpie. The ink on the Sharpie was translucent. Everyone who voted with a Sharpie could not be read,” wrote a Facebook post.
The post also includes a video in which a man says: “People come here to vote for Donald Trump and their votes are not valid.”
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But officials, including Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, say that wearing a Sharpie will not invalidate a vote and that voters can bring their own pens.
“IMPORTANT: If you elect yourself, your vote will be counted, no matter which pen (including the Sharpie) is used,” Hobbs wrote on Twitter.
IMPORTANT: If you voted a regular ballot in person, your ballot will be counted, no matter what type of pen you used (even a marker). 1 /
– Secretary Katie Hobbs (@SecretaryHobbs) November 4, 2020
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