President Trump and the GOP are doing everything they can to stay in office, even lying.
Story by Samira Balsara
In light of the 2020 US Presidential Election, President Trump and his supporters have made several dubious claims of voter fraud.
They purport that voters have been voting under the names of deceased relatives, voting multiple times under their own names, and discarding ballots in favour of Trump.
All of these claims have been proven false.
With journalists working hard to fact check these claims, and each state finishing up their ballot counts, the election was called four days after the start day.
Since then, claims started to get worse after Joe Biden was named president-elect.
Video: Video shows how voter fraud claims were debunked. (Bharatt/RSJ)
Wayne Petrozzi, a professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration says these claims are essentially nonsense and built off of no proof.
Petrozzi says, “They’re not grounded in any facts or analysis.”
Even Twitter has begun censoring any tweets with voter fraud claims, including the Presidents.
Fact-checking these tweets have caused an uproar with the republican party, but it needs to happen to avoid the spread of false information.
False claims and misinformation can be damaging to the country and the election system as a whole.
The claims are mainly targeting flipped states like Georgia and Pennsylvania.
However, studies in these states and all across the country have proven that the election proceeded fairly, and no voter fraud was present.
For example, The News York Times was able to contact election officials in every state and were told that there was no evidence of irregularities or fraud in the election.
These claims have been debunked, as they are built on lies and created with zero evidence.
Interactive: Timeline describes the history of voter fraud. (Campbell/RSJ)
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