The claim: Sending postcards to key states will lead to decertifying ballots

Since Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election, numerous false claims have continued to circulate claiming vote counts in battleground states were fraudulent.

An Aug. 3 post asks people to act on these claims and send postcards to five battleground states where Biden won in 2020. The post claims doing so will lead state officials to "decertify" the election results.

“Send your postcards to 5 key states to decertify fraud TODAY,” the post reads. It also includes a graphic urging people to stop states from destroying ballots, a common practice for practical reasons, state officials say.

The post, which garnered more than 450 shares in three weeks, was shared by Janet Porter, who recently lost a Republican congressional primary in Ohio. The post references attempts to decertify results in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

But decertifying election results is not possible, experts agree. Election results from the five states were certified shortly after the 2020 election and have been repeatedly confirmed as legitimate.

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USA TODAY reached out to Porter and the website linked in the post for comment.

Decertifying election results is not legally possible

According to experts and state officials, there is no legal basis for decertifying election results.

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