A social media post claims that Michigan voters have been recorded voting 29 times in the 2024 election.
Yesterday, after reviewing the Qualified Voter File (QVF) for votes actually cast as of October 29, 2024, the database shows that 114,545 Michiganders have cast 279,113 votes from multiple addresses in the state. We identified state voters. This results in 164,568 excess votes as of October 29, 2024. pic.twitter.com/AJjsB7yVkK
— Matthew S. Deperno, Esq. (@mdeperno) October 30, 2024
Verdict: Misleading
Michigan election officials and the Republican National Committee (RNC) acknowledged that the report indicated formatting errors rather than voter fraud. This issue has been fixed and additional votes due to the glitch will no longer be counted.
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Former President Donald Trump won Michigan in the 2024 presidential election held on November 5, making it one of six states he flipped. new york times. Trump won the state by about 80,000 votes.
Former Michigan attorney general candidate Matt DePerno claimed that database duplication resulted in more than 164,000 “overvotes.” Mr. DePerno has previously faced legal challenges related to election integrity. Paid In 2023, voting machines in Michigan were compromised.
This image shows Michigan's Qualified Voter File (QVF) listing a single voter ID associated with multiple addresses, each marked as voting on October 25, 2024. It shows. This unusual format has led some to believe that the same voter cast multiple votes.
But the Michigan Department of Elections and the RNC disputed that interpretation, saying the large number of entries was due to “misformatted data rather than actual voter fraud.” On October 30, the Michigan Secretary of State's Office responded to the circulated post with the following response: make clear The official website stated that the error was not due to multiple votes, but to the export format of the data report.
“Each of these voters had only one vote recorded in this election,” the department said in an email. Reuters On November 6, it was confirmed that the export issue had since been resolved. (Related: No, folded ballots were not invalidated in Wisconsin)
RNC co-chair Lara Trump dealt with X's claims are supported by an investigation of the report by X's election integrity team. She said, “We immediately investigated and confirmed it was a system glitch. These duplicates do not exist and will not be counted.” We stand by it and will protect our votes! ”
Additionally, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said: warned Against “bad actors” who take advantage of minor technical errors to spread false information. She said: “Do not accept their attempts to cause confusion, confusion and fear.”
This isn't the first time “Check Your Fact” has drawn attention to misinformation being spread on social media about elections.
