Twitter again posted a corrective statement on Thursday under a tweet from Donald Trump.
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The US president wrote to messengers that the result of the November 3 election could “NEVER BE ACCURATELY DETERMINED because of the new and unprecedented” number of ballots sent to voters “unsolicited” this year.
Because of the new and unprecedented massive amount of unsolicited ballots which will be sent to “voters”, or wherever, this year, the Nov 3rd Election result may NEVER BE ACCURATELY DETERMINED, which is what some want. Another election disaster yesterday. Stop Ballot Madness! https://t.co/3SMAk9TC1a
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 17, 2020
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Twitter posted an exclamation mark below the tweet with a link to a text explaining how to vote safely by post. The company has often provided tweets from Trump with a statement, also on this subject. The company announced last week that it will tighten its policy against messages intended to undermine confidence in the US election from Thursday. Misleading or incorrect information will be removed or provided with a warning. This applies, for example, to unproven theories about election fraud or misleading information about the results.
Fraud
Trump has been saying – and always without evidence – that postal voting is very susceptible to fraud, while, according to experts, election fraud hardly occurs in the US. In 2016, the year Trump won the battle for the White House, nearly one American in four voted by letter.
In another tweet, the president instructed states proactively sending ballots to voters because of the corona pandemic to stop doing so “NOW” and asking people to go to the polling station to “VOTE as always.” “If different: HELP,” said Trump. As an example, he tweeted “Just Known: Some people in the state of North Carolina have received TWO VOTES. FAKE ELECTIONS lurk around the corner, ”Trump said. In yet another message, the president said that postal voting encourages “INTERVENTION IN ELECTIONS” by other countries.
