{"id":15852,"date":"2024-11-02T01:00:09","date_gmt":"2024-11-02T02:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=15852"},"modified":"2024-11-02T02:30:37","modified_gmt":"2024-11-02T02:30:37","slug":"no-vote-spikes-on-election-night-do-not-indicate-voter-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=15852","title":{"rendered":"No, Vote Spikes on Election Night Do Not Indicate Voter Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h3 class=\"css-15h6bi9 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-55fe7e4a\"><span>The false claim<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Vote totals appear to suddenly surge on election night, sometimes benefiting just one candidate. Some people on social media have falsely claimed that this proves fraudulent votes were counted.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-15h6bi9 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-522fa8bd\"><span>Why it is false<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Sudden increases in vote totals are a normal part of how election results are reported to the public on election night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">All real-time election feeds, including those used by The New York Times, rely on unofficial data that companies or news organizations collect from precincts, counties or states. Those sources often update slowly, as votes are counted and reported. But sometimes, election officials release a larger tally of votes all at once, like when a large batch of early or mail-in ballots are reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">States and counties have different procedures for how votes are counted. In some places, mail-in and early ballots are counted first, while in other places they are counted last or in the middle. Since mail-in ballots have historically been used more by Democratic voters than by Republicans, the timing of when those votes are counted \u2014 and reported \u2014 can change who is leading the race at any given time, leading to a surge in the tabulated vote for one candidate. That happened in 2020, when votes for Joseph R. Biden Jr., then the Democratic nominee, were reported overnight as many Trump supporters were asleep.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"Dropzone-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">These vote surges happen in every election and can benefit any candidate.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-15h6bi9 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-10ec47b\"><span>How the falsehoods are being used<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A popular claim from the 2020 election showed Mr. Biden suddenly surging past Donald J. Trump, then the president, in Wisconsin. One chart, originally created by the elections data website FiveThirtyEight, used accurate data, but was held up as evidence of voter fraud.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The chart reflected a quirk in how data was reported and who benefited in the moment. At around 4 a.m. the day after the election, as votes were still being counted, more than 170,000 absentee votes were reported from the city of Milwaukee \u2014 which leans heavily Democratic. Both Mr. Biden and Mr. Trump gained votes at the time, but Mr. Biden gained much more.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"css-7ad88g e1mu4ftr0\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"InteractiveBlock-3\">\n<section data-testid=\"inline-interactive\" id=\"prebunk-embed-card-surge\" data-id=\"100000009782939\" data-source-id=\"100000009782939\" class=\"interactive-content interactive-size-scoop css-1vobcg1\">\n<div class=\"css-17ih8de interactive-body\" data-sourceid=\"100000009782939\" id=\"embed-id-100000009782939\">\n<p>    <!-- birdkit: do not modify this file --><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-2024-10-23-disinfo-prebunk-topper\" class=\"birdkit-body g-2024-10-23-disinfo-prebunk-topper g-dark-mode-incompatible\" data-preview-slug=\"2024-10-23-disinfo-prebunk-topper\" data-birdkit-hydrate=\"57dac601133f38d8\">\n<div class=\"carousel-container svelte-18rmcle\">\n<div class=\"carousel svelte-18rmcle\">\n<div class=\"card shadow-card svelte-18rmcle\" data-svelte-h=\"svelte-mxdxah\">\n<div class=\"card-inner svelte-18rmcle\">\n<div class=\"hed svelte-18rmcle\">No, counting votes for several days is not a sign of fraud.<\/div>\n<div class=\"deck svelte-18rmcle\">While the presidential winner was once usually known on election night, closer races and<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tmore mail voting have made it harder to call the race quickly.<\/div>\n<div class=\"buttons svelte-18rmcle\">\n<div class=\"button svelte-18rmcle\">Share<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"card1\" class=\"card svelte-18rmcle  show\">\n<div class=\"card-inner svelte-18rmcle\">\n<div class=\"hed svelte-18rmcle\">No, vote spikes on election night don\u2019t indicate fraud.<\/div>\n<div class=\"deck svelte-18rmcle\">Vote tallies can change rapidly because of the way votes are collected and reported.<\/div>\n<div class=\"buttons svelte-18rmcle\"> <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">This article is part of <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2024\/10\/28\/business\/voter-fraud-election-fact-check\" title>a series<\/a> about some of the most common falsehoods around voter and election fraud.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The false claimVote totals appear to suddenly surge on election night, sometimes benefiting just one candidate. Some people on social media have falsely claimed that this proves fraudulent votes were counted.Why it is falseSudden increases in vote totals are a normal part of how election results are reported to the public on election night.All real-time election feeds, including those used by The New York Times, rely on unofficial data that companies or news organizations collect from precincts, counties or states. Those sources often update slowly, as votes are counted and reported. But sometimes, election officials release a larger tally of votes all at once, like when a large batch of early or mail-in ballots are reported.States and counties have different procedures for how votes are counted. In some places, mail-in and early ballots are counted first, while in other places they are counted last or in the middle. Since mail-in ballots have historically been used more by Democratic voters than by Republicans, the timing of when those votes are counted \u2014 and reported \u2014 can change who is leading the race at any given time, leading to a surge in the tabulated vote for one candidate. That happened in 2020, when votes for Joseph R. Biden Jr., then the Democratic nominee, were reported overnight as many Trump supporters were asleep.These vote surges happen in every election and can benefit any candidate.How the falsehoods are being usedA popular claim from the 2020 election showed Mr. Biden suddenly surging past Donald J. Trump, then the president, in Wisconsin. One chart, originally created by the elections data website FiveThirtyEight, used accurate data, but was held up as evidence of voter fraud.The chart reflected a quirk in how data was reported and who benefited in the moment. At around 4 a.m. the day after the election, as votes were still being counted, more than 170,000 absentee votes were reported from the city of Milwaukee \u2014 which leans heavily Democratic. Both Mr. Biden and Mr. Trump gained votes at the time, but Mr. Biden gained much more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15854,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15852"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15855,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15852\/revisions\/15855"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}