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19. I'm not making any claim about this op either way but

Reply to Ms. Toad (Reply #17)

Tue Oct 21, 2025, 06:35 PM

Oct 2025

The more votes than voters thing happens often enough that in recounts in some states they just “toss” ballots until it matches the count. Blank ballots are tossed first .

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RETRACTION: Florida has more votes than citizens from the 2024 election [View all] live love laugh Oct 2025 OP

An NO ONE has come up with a way to stop or counter it I Chasstev365 Oct 2025 #1

Until we get a clear majority it can't be changed. live love laugh Oct 2025 #2

Democrats had numerous chances to hold Republicans accountable gab13by13 Oct 2025 #6

The strategy is to raise a boat load of money for candidates, then GOTV gab13by13 Oct 2025 #5

I Expected As Much - But..... global1 Oct 2025 #3

I think it would be foolish to swallow an unattributed assertion in a second-hand post via Instagram. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2025 #10

Instagram is not a source anyone should trust. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2025 #4

lol live love laugh Oct 2025 #8

this is why shit is broken pimpbot Oct 2025 #15

I know why, at least in my case: no_hypocrisy Oct 2025 #7

Did you turn him in? Kaleva Oct 2025 #12

No. Family member. no_hypocrisy Oct 2025 #13

This is blatantly false. Why litter DU with such clear misinformation? tritsofme Oct 2025 #9

For this to work, Democrats would have to be involved Kaleva Oct 2025 #11

I don't see any organization called the National Voting Alliance. chowder66 Oct 2025 #14

I googled Greg_In_SF Oct 2025 #16

Nonsense. Ms. Toad Oct 2025 #17

I'm not making any claim about this op either way but questionseverything Oct 2025 #19

"Blank ballots are tossed first" MichMan Oct 2025 #20

Obviously there's nothing to count on a blank ballot questionseverything Oct 2025 #22

What about absentee ballots that aren't turned in? MichMan Oct 2025 #27

There is a count done by an R and a D after the polls close Kaleva Oct 2025 #31

The claim wasn't more votes than voters. Ms. Toad Oct 2025 #24

Yes the claim was different but I would think more votes than voters would get noticed too questionseverything Oct 2025 #30

Please delete this garbage. It isn't remotely close to being true and makes DU look Wiz Imp Oct 2025 #18

Um..... ProfessorGAC Oct 2025 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author Celerity Oct 2025 #23

Your retraction is honourable & helps identify misinformation, so approach you took is a good one (not self-deletion).nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2025 #25

You dealt with this admirably! herding cats Oct 2025 #26

+1. Well stated. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2025 #28

We need the Biggest march in history.. all of our history.. to get oversight of our elections. halobeam Oct 2025 #29