Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-05-14 14:14:11 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 3ECCACBAEED75DD83FDEFB844AD4FD234FC16E096C2A1F46ED343F8689882BBE
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The claim that Joe Biden's vote gains in Pennsylvania during the early hours after Election Day were statistically impossible is false. The increase in votes was a result of the counting of mail-in ballots, which were more likely to be cast by Democrats. https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/11/13/fact-check-did-pittsburgh-and-philadelphia-count-600000-illegal-votes/43144661/ https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN27L2RF/ https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-pennsylvanias-vote-count-could-change-after-election-night/ https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-9887147615 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/11/17/fact-check-2020-election-whats-true-and-whats-false/6266732002/ https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/14/politics/pennsylvania-election-crisis/index.html
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