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2023-08-17 10:18:56 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

Vote spikes do not prove fraud. These vote spikes did occur, but they also included Trump votes, accounted for largely left-leaning urban counties, and one state experienced a clerical error. The spikes were due to counties releasing large batches of results all at once. https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-wi-pa-mi-vote-spikes-idUSKBN27Q307

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• Vote spikes do not prove fraud. These vote spikes did occur, but they also included Trump votes, accounted for largely left-leaning urban counties, and one state experienced a clerical error. The spikes were due to counties releasing large batches of results all at once. https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-wi-pa-mi-vote-spikes-idUSKBN27Q307