"OVER TWENTY THOUSAND FRAUDULENT BALLOTS UNCOVERED IN FBI RAID OF HOUSTON STORAGE LOCKER WAREHOUSE ALL FOR DEMOCRATS. By Jonathan Gregory. Houston, TX - November 3, 2026," claims an X post which was reshared thousands of times.
"An FBI raid of a storage locker warehouse in Houston Texas last night uncovered over twenty thousand fraudulent ballots all marked in favor of Democratic candidates," it continues.
The user shared the same text with identical visuals of collected ballots and an FBI vehicle across platforms. This was then picked up by additional accounts on Facebook and Threads.
A screenshot of a Facebook post taken on November 3, 2026
State officials have been bracing for an uptick in election meddling allegations, including from President Donald Trump and his administration, as voters cast their ballots in midterm elections which could change the balance of power in Washington.
But the claims about an FBI raid in Texas are fabricated.
"That information is false and no election-related operation occurred," Connor Hagan, public affairs officer for the Houston branch of the FBI, told AFP in a November 3 email (archived here).
Additionally, the images used in the post are all taken out of their original context, and unrelated to an FBI operation in Texas.
One close-up image shows ballots collected from an official drop box by the San Francisco Department of Elections taken by David Paul Morris for Bloomberg.
The image of the law enforcement vehicle...
"OVER TWENTY THOUSAND FRAUDULENT BALLOTS UNCOVERED IN FBI RAID OF HOUSTON STORAGE LOCKER WAREHOUSE ALL FOR DEMOCRATS. By Jonathan Gregory. Houston, TX - November 3, 2026," claims an X post which w...