"TEXAS. Footage reveals that poll pads in Dallas were caught adding hundreds of voters in real time as the poll was being closed," an Instagram post sharing a video from a precinct says on November 13, 2022.
"It happened in every state, in every county," the post adds.
Screenshot of an Instagram post taken on November 17, 2022
The same video gained traction on Instagram -- here and here -- Facebook and Rumble, a video platform popular with conservatives.
Texas was among the US states that chose a governor in the November 8 elections.
Republican Greg Abbott, the incumbent, beat challenger Beto O'Rourke, but Dallas County favored the Democrat who gathered 63 percent of votes there -- according to preliminary results as of November 18. This is in line with past elections, including in 2018 when 66 percent of voters favored O'Rourke in his failed bid for the US Senate against Republican Ted Cruz.
Local officials told AFP the video shared online shows an electronic poll book (e-poll book) functioning normally on Election Day.
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