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Fact check: Vote drop for Perdue in Georgia Senate race due to data entry errors in two counties
By Reuters Staff
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Over 40,000 social media users are sharing clips from TV news networks showing two drops in votes for David Perdue the Republican candidate in the Georgia Senate race, claiming that this is evidence of cheating and voter fraud. Edison Research, which provides election data, explained to Reuters that the drops were due to data entry errors that were subsequently rectified.
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Two of the videos shows the votes for Perdue decreasing from 774,723 to 742,323 on the automated ticker on ABC News ( here , here ) and CNN ( here , here , here ). Another video shows votes for Perdue decreasing from 2,130,535 to 2,125,535 on the automated ticker on ABC News ( here , here and CNN here ). Captions and comments include, “Democrats cheating AGAIN! INDISPUTIBLE PROOF!!”; “VOTES STOLEN ON LIVE TV” ( here ); “Just
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