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      Screenshot Of 2019 Lawsuit Shared To Falsely Claim Voter Fraud In 2020

      The lawsuit is real, but the issues it raised about Detroit's voter roll maintenance were addressed, and the complaint was dropped.

      By - AFP |
      Published -  9 Nov 2020 3:02 PM IST
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      Screenshot Of 2019 Lawsuit Shared To Falsely Claim Voter Fraud In 2020
      A screenshot summarizing a Detroit voter roll fraud lawsuit from 2019 was shared as proof of misconduct in the state of Michigan during the 2020 general election. This is misleading; the lawsuit is real, but the issues it raised about Detroit's voter roll maintenance were addressed, and the complaint was dropped.


      "They're stealing it right in front of our eyes!!!" wrote one Instagram user in a November 5 post that included a screenshot of a FOX 2 news segment summarizing the lawsuit against the city of Detroit.

      The lawsuit, which the screenshot shows was filed by the conservative-leaning Public Interest Legal Foundation, blamed the city's poor voter registration upkeep for 4,788 duplicate registrations, 32,519 more registered voters than eligible voters, and 2,503 deceased registered voters, including one voter born in 1823.


      Screenshot of a Facebook post taken on November 6, 2020

      The screenshot was shared on Facebook and Twitter in English, and in French, Spanish and Portuguese.

      It spread as the last votes of the 2020 US presidential election were counted, leading social media users to claim fraud took place in Michigan, which Democrat Joe Biden won after the state had switched to the Republican column in the 2016 presidential election.

      However, the screenshot shows a December 2019 broadcast on TV channel FOX 2, and the numbers have no relation to the 2020 general election.

      Also Read: Social Media Posts Claim Michigan County Vote Count Glitch Was A Fraud

      Lawsuit dropped

      The Public Interest Legal Foundation is a "public interest law firm dedicated entirely to election integrity," and to "fight against lawlessness in American elections," the organization's "About" page says.

      The foundation's web page features a June 30, 2020 press release announcing the end of a lawsuit against the City of Detroit, "because the Defendants in Detroit and the Michigan Secretary of State acted on data provided to them by the Public Interest Legal Foundation."

      City of Detroit clerk Janice Winfrey said on July 1, 2020 that the voter roll update was regular maintenance, but that her office paid specific attention to issues raised in the lawsuit, The Detroit News reported at the time.

      "We did some extra digging because that is ridiculous and we wanted to see what is going on there," Winfrey said of the case of the voter born in 1823. "The conclusion was that that was a typographical error."

      The initial complaint was filed on December 10, 2019, after the foundation allegedly discovered anomalies in the city's voter registration rolls.

      Also Read: As World Leaders Congratulate Biden, Trump Tweets He Won

      FOX 2 article

      In order to stem the flow of concerns around vote counting in Detroit in 2020, FOX 2 published an article on November 5 to confirm that the information came from a 2019 segment.

      False claims of voter fraud are circulating across the US, spurred by Donald Trump, his campaign and supporters, who have repeatedly made unfounded allegations of irregularities.

      Officials faced a deluge of absentee and mail-in ballots spurred by the Covid-19 pandemic, causing delays in counting. Trump has repeatedly and falsely claimed mail-in voting leads to widespread fraud.

      (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by BOOM staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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      US Elections 2020US ElectionsVoter FraudMail-in ballotsMail-in votingJoe BidenKamala HarrisUS elections2020 US Presidential ElectionsUS Presidential ElectionsAmerican ElectionsDemocratsRepublicansMike Pence#DonaldTrump
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      Claim :   Detroit voter roll fraud lawsuit proof of voter fraud in 2020 US elections.
      Claimed By :  Posts on Facebook and Twitter
      Fact Check :  Misleading
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