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More Claims of Alabama Voter Fraud

Q: Were illegal voters bused in to Alabama to swing the election to Doug Jones? Were thousands of fraudulent votes recorded for him? A: Those claims were made by self-described […] The post More Claims of Alabama Voter Fraud appeared first on FactCheck.org.

Q: Were illegal voters bused in to Alabama to swing the election to Doug Jones? Were thousands of fraudulent votes recorded for him?

A: Those claims were made by self-described “satirical” websites. The Alabama Secretary of State says there’s no evidence that fraudulent voting affected the outcome. 

FULL QUESTION

Is it true there was voter fraud in the Jones\Moore campaign? I read that a small town of 1800 people had over 5000 votes for Jones.

FULL ANSWER

Alabama voters elected Democrat Doug Jones their next U.S. senator on Dec. 12. A week later, his Republican opponent, Roy Moore, still hasn’t conceded the race.

In that time, a number of websites have posted made-up stories suggesting that rampant of 20,715 votes.

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