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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Wed Nov 25, 2020, 09:08 PM Nov 2020

Paper shredding drives false election claims in Georgia

Government and election officials frequently call on shredding companies to dispose of personal and sensitive documents that are no longer needed.

But in a suburban county of Atlanta this week, those routine waste removal appointments were twisted into yet another election misinformation story when social media users falsely claimed shredding trucks were destroying ballots and “evidence of voter fraud.”

The unfounded allegations continue to spread online as Georgia officials carry out a machine recount of ballots after certified results showed Joe Biden had a 12,670-vote lead over President Donald Trump. Trump requested the recount, which follows a statewide hand tally.

L. Lin Wood Jr., a conservative attorney who had unsuccessfully sued in an attempt to block the certification of Georgia’s election results, on Tuesday shared a series of videos taken by a Georgia resident. They showed a shredding truck outside the West Park Government Center in Marietta.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/paper-shredding-drives-false-election-claims-in-georgia/ar-BB1bmJI5?li=BBnb7Kz

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Paper shredding drives false election claims in Georgia (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2020 OP
The rubes just can't believe their boy lost. Hoyt Nov 2020 #1
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