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  • 2020-10-20 (xsd:date)
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  • No, Pennsylvania Did Not Reject 372,000 Mail-In Ballots (en)
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  • An image shared on Facebook claims Pennsylvania rejected 372,000 mail-in ballots after discovering 90 percent were duplicates. Verdict: False The state rejected mail-in ballot applications, not actual ballots. Many were rejected because the voters had already requested a mail-in ballot, according to a report from ProPublica and the Philadelphia Inquirer. Fact Check: Social media platforms have been replete with misinformation around mail-in voting. This particular Facebook post claims that 372,000 mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania were rejected after discovering 90% of them were duplicates. (RELATED: Viral Image Claims To Show Crates Of Mail-In Ballots Abandoned On The Side Of The Road) That is, however, incorrect. The screen grabbed tweet misinterprets a recent report published by ProPublica and the Philadelphia Inquirer that found 372,000 requests for mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania had been rejected. Of those rejected applications, about 336,000 were denied as duplicates primarily because people who had requested mail-in ballots for the state’s June 2 primary did not realize that they had checked a box to be sent ballots for the general election, ProPublica and the Philadelphia Inquirer reported . They could explain what that means. A duplicate: you have applied before, we already have an application on file for you. Sit back, relax, it’s going to be coming in the mail, Lee Soltysiak , Montgomery County’s chief operating officer, told ProPublica and the Philadelphia Inquirer. Some news sites, such as TheBlaze, initially claimed that Pennsylvania rejected mail-in ballots. TheBlaze has since corrected its story. The false claim also went viral on Twitter, as Business Insider politics reporter Grace Panetta pointed out . This tweet has 8k retweets, 11k+ likes, and it’s completely false. Those were *ballot applications* caused by people applying more than once, NOT actual ballots!! This is a great example of why you should double-check before RTing something about voting https://t.co/kbPIQYSuvr https://t.co/1L3Mu78IPW — Grace Panetta (@grace_panetta) October 17, 2020 This tweet has 8k retweets, 11k+ likes, and it’s completely false. Those were *ballot applications* caused by people applying more than once, NOT actual ballots!! she tweeted . This is a great example of why you should double-check before RTing something about voting. (en)
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