Election Day glitches and falsehoods: how a scanner fault, a phantom FBI ‘raid’ and a Halloween shirt fed online claims of cheating

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Unverified rumors of voting irregularities appeared online shortly after Election Day began. These claims were fueled by a scanner fault, a false report of an FBI raid, and a Halloween shirt.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Election Day was barely underway before unverified rumors of voting irregularities surfaced online.

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