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- politics@lemmy.org
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- politics@lemmy.org
A Northern Virginia county acknowledged it underreported President Joe Biden’s margin of victory over Donald Trump there in the 2020 presidential election by about 4,000 votes, the first detailed accounting of errors that came to light in 2022 as part of a criminal case.
The admission Thursday from the Prince William County Office of Elections comes a week after prosecutors from the Virginia Attorney General’s office dropped charges against the county’s former registrar, Michele White.
Counts were also off in races for the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives, though by lesser margins.
In a statement, the county’s current registrar, Eric Olsen, emphasized that the mistakes did not come close to affecting the outcome of any race and “did not consistently favor one party or candidate but were likely due to a lack of proper planning, a difficult election environment, and human error.”
No, it was already proven there was election fraud against Trump. That’s why the statement is now “widespread fraud” or similar wording.
Several people have already been arrested and charged with election fraud or similar acts on both sides.
Being an absolutist on this is harmful and further promotes black and white, all or nothing type thinking regarding the security of our elections.
What’s your source?
Years of victim programing
https://apnews.com/article/voter-fraud-election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-7fcb6f134e528fee8237c7601db3328f
Here is one source. There’s plenty of news stories if you just search for “democrat election fraud 2020” and focus on individual stories.
Also, are people forgetting about Michigan?
https://factcheck.afp.com/michigan-county-vote-count-glitch-was-not-fraud
From this particular story:
Similar situation claimed in both instances. Rushing to say Republicans are committing fraud makes you no different than the people you’re claiming to criticize. These are equivalent stories and situations and you’re engaging in exactly the kind of behavior Republicans who pointed to Michigan engaged in.
Just because orange Hitler repeats something like a broken record doesn’t make it true.
Someone saying something on Lemmy also doesn’t make it true.
This story has a direct equivalent story in Michigan.
https://factcheck.afp.com/michigan-county-vote-count-glitch-was-not-fraud
This story, and in Michigan, they attribute the problems to unintentional error. Someone who says “So there was election fraud - committed by republicans.” in response to this story is engaging in exactly the same claims Republicans engaged in over stories like what happened in Michigan.
Weird how fraud isn’t mentioned at all; much less widespread fraud…
Maybe so, but I only read about cases where a Republican voted twice or used a dead relative to vote for Trump
‘Citation Needed’
I already provided a source when asked and mysteriously no one wants to talk about it anymore.
This story is a direct equivalent to Michigan and anyone saying “Republicans are committing voter fraud” based on this story are in fact doing the exact same thing Republicans did.
Hey, I don’t see a link in the other comment, could you share it again?
https://factcheck.afp.com/michigan-county-vote-count-glitch-was-not-fraud
This story is a direct parallel because ultimately the conclusion was that it was just errors not intentional fraud. The same as this story about Republicans concluded. Neither case is an example of fraud.
Here is an example of fraud though and there are many similar examples of Republicans committing fraud on an individual level.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2021/10/11/michigan-officials-charge-3-people-with-voter-fraud-tell-trump-supporters-to-stop-telling-lies-fraud-is-widespread/?sh=7e75f64fba4e
Where’s the proof at