Trending Images Share with X(formerly Twitter) claims that Pennsylvania sent out 1,823,148 ballots during the 2020 presidential election, but 2,589,242 were returned.
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Verdict: False
According to data posted on the Pennsylvania State website, a total of 1,823,148 mail-in ballots were requested during the state's 2020 primary election (not the general election). Similarly, according to the Pennsylvania Department of State's website, a total of 6,915,283 votes were “recorded as cast” during the 2020 general election.
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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently ruled that mail-in ballots that do not have the correct date on the envelope “cannot be counted in the election.” Fox NewsThis decision overturns a lower court decision, The Hill Reported.
The X-image, which has been viewed more than 10,000 times at the time of writing, claims that Pennsylvania sent out 1,823,148 mail-in ballots in the 2020 presidential election, but 2,589,242 were returned. “The State of Pennsylvania sent out 1,823,148 mail-in ballots. 2,589,242 were returned. This is clear evidence of massive fraud,” the image reads.
That claim is false. data According to mail-in ballots available on the Pennsylvania state website, a total of 1,823,148 mail-in ballots were requested during the state's 2020 primary election (not the general election). PolitiFactCitation data According to the Pennsylvania Department of State, “nearly 1.5 million absentee and mail-in ballots were ultimately cast.” (Related: No, ABC News didn't issue a memo instructing debate moderators to fact-check Trump, not Harris)
Similarly, early voting statistics for Pennsylvania released by the U.S. Elections Project showed that a total of 3,087,534 mail-in ballots were cast. request A total of 2,629,672 mail-in ballots were cast in the 2020 general election. Returned.
Additionally, there have been claims that there were “more votes than there were voters” in the 2020 Pennsylvania general election. Fact-checked According to the Pennsylvania Department of State, the department's website states: Registered Voters: 6,945,045 Although 1 million people “successfully voted” in the November 2020 general election, 6,915,283 votes “Votes were recorded” during that election. When reached for comment, a Pennsylvania Department of State spokesperson referred the information to Check Your Fact.
In addition to PolitiFact, Associated Press, Reutersand USA Today Both had previously reported that the allegations were false.
