A viral Reddit post asserts “overwhelming” evidence of tampering. But the trends can be explained by partisan breakdown in the precincts in question.
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A viral Reddit post accusing Republicans of switching votes in Nevada from Vice President Kamala Harris to President-elect Donald Trump has been viewed thousands of times but is false, according to state election officials and a Nevada Independent analysis.
The post, among the most widely viewed on a forum focused on casting doubt on the legitimacy of the 2024 elections, analyzed early vote totals to allege nebulously that Republicans used “advanced technology” to switch votes in Clark County from Harris to Trump during the tabulation stage of the vote counting process.
However, the post “features many inaccurate interpretations of the publicly available data,” according to the Nevada Secretary of State’s Office, and fails to account for other factors that easily explain certain highlighted disparities in voting data.
The post, which has garnered nearly 3,000 “upvotes” and more than 600 comments in support, reveals how misinformation continues to surround the validity of American elections, even into 2024. False claims of widespread election fraud exploded in 2020 after Trump and his GOP allies launched an effort to overturn his defeat to Joe Biden, including in Nevada, which culminated in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
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