{"ok":true,"report":{"slug":"FNCb99c1","publishedAt":1780672588226,"post":{"text":"The 2020 election was and is the prime example of how the Democrats cheat at our elections. The numbers alone prove that they don’t add up","uri":"https://www.threads.com/@polcat42/post/DZNXFsgkdmT","authorHandle":"polcat42"},"verdict":{"verdict":"False","confidence":95,"summary":"The post's claims that Democrats cheated in the 2020 election and that the vote totals \"don't add up\" are false. Dozens of court rulings, official bipartisan state audits, and independent statistical analyses found no evidence of widespread fraud or systemic irregularities, and the vote counts were certified as accurate.","claims":[{"claim":"Democrats cheated in the 2020 election","assessment":"Extensive investigations, including over 60 dismissed court cases, official state audits, and a comprehensive Associated Press review of six contested states, found no evidence of widespread fraud or coordinated cheating that could have affected the outcome. The Department of Justice under the Trump administration also found no fraud on a scale that would change the election result.","status":"False"},{"claim":"The 2020 election numbers 'don't add up'","assessment":"This claim has been repeatedly debunked by fact-checkers and statisticians. Apparent numerical discrepancies typically stem from flawed comparisons, such as comparing total ballots cast to outdated voter registration rolls that do not account for same-day registration, mail-in voting, or inactive voter purges. Official post-election audits, including a peer-reviewed PNAS study, confirmed that vote counts were accurate, with audits shifting net vote totals by only ~0.007%.","status":"False"}],"caveats":"A tiny number of isolated, individual voter fraud cases were identified and prosecuted, but these were statistically negligible and did not affect the outcome in any state. The post's broad claim of systemic cheating and mathematical impossibility is unsupported by any credible evidence.","sources":[{"title":"Audits of the 2020 American election show an accurate vote count","url":"https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2419633122"},{"title":"Exhaustive fact check finds little evidence of voter fraud, but 2020's big lie lives on","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/exhaustive-fact-check-finds-little-evidence-of-voter-fraud-but-2020s-big-lie-lives-on"},{"title":"Results of Lawsuits Regarding the 2020 Elections","url":"https://campaignlegal.org/results-lawsuits-regarding-2020-elections"},{"title":"VERIFY: Were there more votes cast in the 2020 election than registered voters?","url":"https://www.wthr.com/article/news/verify/verify-looking-at-claims-vote-totals-dont-match-registered-voters/531-8ca815e6-0052-486f-b6dc-0a8054f26953"}]},"communityNote":"False. Over 60 court cases, bipartisan state audits, and the Trump Justice Department found no evidence of widespread cheating in the 2020 election. Claims that vote totals do not add up are false. Official audits and independent statisticians confirmed the certified results were accurate.","sourceUrl":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/exhaustive-fact-check-finds-little-evidence-of-voter-fraud-but-2020s-big-lie-lives-on"}}