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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Sam Levine and Alice Herman

Election deniers use Trump victory to sow more doubt over 2020 result

Supporters of Republicans protest outside the Maricopa county tabulation and election center in 2022.
Supporters of Republicans protest outside the Maricopa county tabulation and election center in 2022. Photograph: Jim Urquhart/Reuters

Activists are using Donald Trump’s decisive victory to further question the 2020 election results and sow doubts about close US senate races where ballots are still being counted.

While they’ve been quiet about fraud in the presidential election this year, activists pointed to the unofficial total number of votes cast, noting that 20m more ballots had been cast in 2020. Ignoring the reality that there are millions of votes still being counted in states like California, Arizona and Nevada, they suggested the incomplete number was somehow evidence there were fake ballots in 2020.

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