Fact Check – US Election 2024: Your guide to spotting falsehoods
Al Jazeera
There have been plenty of claims of voter fraud in the past and they are likely to resurface this election. Here’s why they are untrue.
On election night 2020, then-President Donald Trump prematurely declared hours after polls had closed: “We already have won.”
He hadn’t, and we rated that “Pants on Fire”. When Trump began to speak in the early morning of November 4, at 2:21am ET, states were still following normal procedures to count ballots. It was not until Saturday, November 7, that The Associated Press had sufficient unofficial results available to call the race for Joe Biden.
In the past, when polls closed, politicians and social media influencers spread falsehoods about voting and the ballot-counting process. It’s likely that as the votes are being counted this year, we will see falsehoods similar to those in 2020.
Voters who are seeking credible sources for election results information can follow reports from state election officials nationwide, compiled by the National Association of State Election Directors. The AP is among the news outlets that will call projected winners based on unofficial results, but in many states that will not take place on election night.
Here are some falsehoods that might surface after the polls close.
