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1. Or rumor:
According to various content shared on social networks, William Barr, Attorney General of the United States, denounced “publicly that there was electoral fraud“and that some voters” voted twice. “
The truth:
The images shared refer to Barr’s interview with “CNN” on September 2 and the Attorney General of the United States never mentioned that there were those who voted twice in this year’s election. What Barr says is that “the bipartisan commission chaired by Jimmy Carter and James Baker said: in 2009, that vote-by-mail is fraught with risks of fraud and coercion”. In other words, the references to possible electoral fraud do not correspond to the electoral act of November 3.
Polygraph evaluation:
False
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2. Or rumor:
“I caught them all”. This is the phrase he hears the President of the United States, Donald Trump, say to journalists in a video broadcast on social networks. The statement has been shared as if it were current and was taken from a reaction of the Republican politician to the result of the presidential elections.
The truth:
Actually, what is shared is a small segment of a video. November 8, 2019. Trump did not speak of any electoral fraud, but of the investigations against him that he considered false. “I think, in light of what is happening, and you know what I mean: fake news, the ‘Comeys’ of the world [ndr: referindo-se James Comey, ex-diretor do FBI demitido pelo presidente dos EUA] and all the bad things that happened … It’s called ‘swamp’. And do you know what happened and what I did? A big favor. I caught the swamp. I caught them all. Let’s see what happens. No one could have done more. I caught all this corruption that happened and no one else could have done it ”, is Trump’s statement in its entirety, as you can see in this video.
Polygraph evaluation:
False
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3. Or rumor:
A map with the supposed real results of the US elections was spread virally on social media. According to the shared image, Donald Trump would have won the re-election with 311 electoral votes, against only 227 supposedly won by Joe Biden.
The truth:
The map in question was made on the platform 270toWin, a website that allows you to create a forecast of the US electoral result. The author of the map gave Trump victory in states such as Nevada, Arizona, Wisconsin, Michigan or Pennsylvania, which did not come to check. The platform logo appears next to the map, showing from the beginning that it is not an official document.
Polygraph evaluation:
Pepper on the tongue
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4. Or rumor:
“This is illegal, a recount is required”, a message is required that circulates on social networks and in which a video is disseminated proving the alleged handling an urn in Flint, Michigan. According to the report, every time a voter exercised their right to vote and left the room, a person at the table added a fraudulent vote to the polls.
The truth:
Using the reverse search technique it was possible to find the video on Youtube with a date March 18, 2018. The title of the video explains what a polling station is em Lyubertsy city on the outskirts of Moscow, Russia, during the elections that took place on the same day the video was published. On the urn you can also see the Russian coat of arms. According to the Spanish online newspaper “elDiario.es “, “The director of the Moscow Election Commission said that all votes were declared invalid.”
Polygraph evaluation:
Pepper on the tongue
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5. Or rumor:
Another video is also being shared on social media, which is guaranteed to prove an alleged act of voter fraud in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The worker appears mark multiple ballots during the count of the American elections.
The truth:
There is no evidence that this is electoral fraud. The Delaware County public relations department told the Spanish fact-checking platform “Damn.es “ “Manipulated” videos circulate claiming to show employees “complete blank newsletters fraudulently “but what these”they were getting damaged votes”. According to the same source, the process was overseen by “independent observers” and is part of the Pennsylvania Election Code.
Polygraph evaluation:
False
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6. Or rumor:
This is William Bradley. I was lucky vote in the 2020 elections”, It is written in a publication on Twitter, in which it is guaranteed that this citizen votou not Wayne County, not Michigan, despite having died in 1984.
The truth:
TO “Politifact “, the Detroit Elections Department clarified that it “never solicited, received or counted any votes from Mr. Bradley, 118”. What happened was that Son of William Bradley, who has the same name and lives in the same house, had his vote incorrectly registered as if it were the late father’s.
Polygraph evaluation:
False
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7. Or rumor:
A circular table on social networks aims to show that the participation of several states in the elections would have exceeded 100%, based on this percentage on the number of votes projected and on the number of registered voters in each of these places.
The truth:
One of the sources for the table is the website. World Population Review, but data from site differs from presented in the table and, consequently, in no state did it exceed 100% of electoral participation. The number of people registered in Nevada, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona, and Georgia. they were manipulated to be lower than the real ones.
Polygraph evaluation:
Pepper on the tongue
