Because of human error, The Associated Press briefly provided incorrect election results to news outlets in the Georgia U.S. Senate runoff. It’s not evidence of election fraud.
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 10, 2022
"At 10:01pm, Herschel Walker had 1,551,5344 votes," reads text over the image, with a numerical typo."At 10:03pm, Herschel Walker had 1,529,948 votes. Herschel Walker lost 20,000+ votes while his opponents gained." To add an extra suggestion of nefarious conjuring, the video features a snippet of the Cars’ 1984 hit"Magic" in the background, with the lyric,"Uh-oh, it’s magic.
This post was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. Lauren Easton, a spokesperson for The Associated Press, told PolitiFact that"human error caused us to provide incorrect, overstated numbers for Herschel Walker for less than a minute on Tuesday night. As soon as we saw the mistake, we quickly returned to providing the numbers reported by the state.
We rate claims that the fluctuating vote count on Georgia Public Broadcasting’s website is evidence of election fraud False.
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