Posts circulating on social media claim that Michigan has 500,000 more registered voters than it has people eligible to vote, a point used to suggest possible fraud in the system.
Elon Musk leads a America PAC Town Hall in Delaware County, Pa., at Ridley High School on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. Less than two weeks from Election Day, posts circulating on social media claim that Michigan has 500,000 more registered voters than it has people eligible to vote, a point used to suggest possible fraud in the system.
Michigan is hardly the only state with large numbers of inactive voters on its rolls.
It is unlikely that voters who are on voter rolls in more than one state will try to vote twice, experts say. Becker, who spearheaded ERIC’s development, said “double voting happens extremely rarely.” ERIC is among the safeguards that helps detect such fraud.
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