- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.org
- cross-posted to:
- 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.”
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