FACT FOCUS: Misinformation spreads quickly about Election Day voting
Associated Press ·
Election Day was barely underway before misinformation about voting irregularities surfaced online. One actual ballot-counting malfunction Tuesday, in a suburban county north of New York City, gave rise to theories about activities by Democrats or their allies to rig the vote. But there was no indication that episode in Westchester County was engineered to disadvantage either party. Election officials reported voting problems in parts of the United States but there were no verified examples of malfeasance in the hours before polls closed across the country.