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Viral Video Doesn’t Show Fraud by Election Workers in PA

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A video from a livestream of the vote-counting process in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, shows election workers transcribing votes from damaged ballots so they could be scanned and recorded, according to the county. Social media users are sharing the video with the false suggestion it shows workers committing voter fraud.


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As the country awaited additional election results out of the crucial state of Pennsylvania, a viral video emerged on social media with the false allegation that election workers in one county, no less.

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