Regarding the ballot-harvesting claim promoted by Elon Musk, “it’s just simply not true,” Seth Bluestein said Wednesday.
Published: Oct. 23, 2024, 9:40 p.m.PHILADELPHIA — A Republican elections official in Philadelphia called out Elon Musk on Wednesday for spreading “disinformation” by retweeting a false claim that a Center City social services organization was involved in widespread ballot harvesting.in next month’s election — retweeted a post stating that Broad Street Love has “5,200 voters” at their address and implied that the organization was involved in harvesting thousands of votes in 2020.
“Hi, @elonmusk,” Bluestein wrote on X on Wednesday. “The post you shared is spreading disinformation. 1. There are not 5,200 people registered to vote from that address. 2. In the 2020 General fewer than 150 ballots were mailed to that address, most of which were not returned.” He said voting data from 2020 shows that fewer than 150 ballots were mailed to Broad Street Love, “and many of those weren’t even returned.”
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