Published 05:50 IST, November 19th 2020

Trump supporters' dead voter conspiracy theory debunked in Michigan post poll results

The dead voter conspiracy theory has been debunked by Michigan officials as Trump supporters failed to prove that widespread irregularities in voting existed.

Reported by: Brigitte Fernandes
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Even after Joe Biden was anunced as winner of US Presidential Election 2020, Trump supporters alleged voter fraud as y falsely claimed de Michiganders h cast ballots in vember 3 contest. However, de voter conspiracy ory has been debunked by Michigan officials as Trump supporters failed to prove that widespre irregularities in voting existed.

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In one of latest instances, 'Students for Trump' founder Ryan Fournier last week declared on social media that he h found definitive proof of widespre voter fraud in Detroit. He pointed to an absentee ballot cast by William Brley a 118-year-old man who h supposedly died in 1984.

As per Guardian reports, after checking allegations it was found that deceased Brley never voted and within days, Brley’s son, also named William Brley but with a different middle name, informed he h cast ballot. This was furr confirmed by Michigan election officials, who said a clerk h entered wrong Brley as having voted. 

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false claim that deceased Brley h voted in  election is one of a barr of voter fraud conspiracy ories fired off by Trump supporters across United States during recent weeks.

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So far Brley was only one of dozens of allegedly de Michigan voters who were found to be alive. Trump supporters furr pointed to Napoleon Township’s Jane Aiken, who y claimed was born in 1900. y cited an obituary as evidence that she was de, however, township’s deputy police chief investigated and found obituary to be for a different Jane Aiken.

According to CNN examined records for 50 Michiganders, who Trump supporters claimed to be de voters, and found that 37 were de and h t voted while five are alive and h voted, and remaining eight are also alive however didn’t vote.

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Several reasons for confusion

Meanwhile, Michigan secretary of state cited several reasons for confusion. Though election officials across country removed de people from voter rolls annually, some are missed and remain as registered voters. On a rare occasion, a worker may accidentally enter a vote by a living person as being cast by a de person with a similar name.

voting software in Michigan also requires a birthday for each voter. For instance, if a clerk doesn’t have it, n 1/1/1901 is used as a placeholder until clerk can find an accurate birthday. As per reports, conspiracy orists have furr pointed to multiple examples of residents with that birthday voting as ar possible fraud.

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05:50 IST, November 19th 2020