Claim: Ballots were still being counted in the days following the 2024 election, but a claim that there was a suspicious gap of 15 million to 20 million votes as compared with the 2020 election has been circulating on social media. There is no such large gap -- states were still counting their ballots -- and even if there are fewer votes for the Democratic candidate than there were four years ago, that doesn't prove fraud.
Fact-check: Both Sides Distort Incomplete Vote Counts to Falsely Suggest Election Fraud - FactCheck.org
Verdict: ballots were still being counted in the days following the 2024 election, but a claim that there was a suspicious gap of 15 million to 20 million votes as compared with the 2020 election has been circulating on social media. there is no such large gap -- states were still counting their ballots -- and even if there are fewer votes for the democratic candidate than there were four years ago, that doesn't prove fraud.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Saranac Hale Spencer
Date published: 2024-11-12T20:35:13