DISINFO: Migrant voting will be massively used to rig the 2024 US presidential election

DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS

  • Outlet: sputnik.by ( archive, original )
  • Date of publication: August 01, 2024
  • Article language(s): Russian
  • Countries / regions discussed: US

DISINFO: Migrant voting will be massively used to rig the 2024 US presidential election

SUMMARY

Kamala Harris is greatly unpopular but it does not matter, because a circle of unelected persons make the real decisions in the US. The upcoming US presidential election will be rigged. High numbers of migrants brought to the US will be used to manipulate the election results. In the US, people are eligible to vote without an identity document.

RESPONSE

This is a conspiracy theory, not backed by any evidence, aimed to promote recurring pro-Kremlin narratives about secret elites and the alleged US Deep State with an ultimate goal to undermine public trust in democratic institutions.

It is not true that individuals are eligible for voting in the US elections without an identity document (ID). Some US states do have procedures for voting without ID, but such ballots will not be counted unless requirements are fulfilled.

When there is a question about eligibility, some states let a voter cast a provisional ballot. They are kept separate from the remaining ballots until a person’s eligibility is determined, e.g. by returning to show an acceptable ID within a few days.

Read more in detail about the procedures and voter ID requirements on the US government website. The state-by-state details of voter identification requirements are available at the website of the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Pro-Kremlin outlets have actively promoted disinformation about fraud in the 2020 US presidential elections. However, no evidence was found that the US 2020 presidential elections were fraudulent. Allegations of electoral fraud have been dismissed more than 60 times by different US courts and judges, both Republican and Democrat, due to lack of any significant evidence, including the US Supreme Court on two occasions.

See other examples of similar disinformation narratives, such as claims that Soros and the Clintons are Kamala Harris’ apparent puppeteers, that Kamala Harris is a Deep State figurehead, that Joe Biden's withdrawal shows US ruled by Deep State, and that groups in the shadow dictated the outcome of US presidential elections.

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