FACT FOCUS: Claim of 12K ‘found’ ballots in NJ is misleading
Associated PressA statement from the New Jersey state Senate president following his election defeat has generated confusion online in recent days after it vaguely asserted that thousands of ballots had been “found.” Democrat Steve Sweeney did not concede the race to newcomer Ed Durr. Instead, he issued a statement Thursday stating he was waiting for all the votes to be counted and made reference to “12,000 ballots” that had been “recently found in one county.” That statement was published by news outlets and the notion that thousands of ballots were “found” was later amplified on social media and in headlines by conservative websites. Some social media posts implied that the ballots could affect the outcome in Sweeney’s race, or that Democrats were trying to “steal” the legislative seat. “The results from Tuesday’s election continue to come in, for instance there were 12,000 ballots recently found in one county,” the statement said.
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