Video Shows ‘Voter Error,’ Not ‘Election Interference’ in Kentucky
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A video showing a Laurel County, Kentucky, voter having difficulty marking a ballot for former President Donald Trump was investigated and found to be an “isolated incident” of “voter error,” a spokesperson for the secretary of state said. Social media posts baselessly claimed it was an example of “election interference.”
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Throughout his 2024 election bid, former President Donald Trump has baselessly questioned the integrity of U.S. elections.& There is no evidence that Trump’s defeat in 2020 was due to fraud or cheating, as we have written. State and federal judges have rejected Trump’s claims, often saying that his legal team provided no evidence of fraud. Election security officials at the time called the 2020 election “the most secure in American history.”
But bogus claims of 2024 election interference persisted as voters across the country began to cast their ballots.
In a series of posts on Instagram, users falsely characterize a viral video as evidence of pervasive fraud. The video depicts a voter in Laurel County, Kentucky, repeatedly attempting to select the Republican presidential ticket, Trump and Sen. JD Vance, but the ballot marking device instead indicates...
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