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5 Nov, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Social media users are sharing a link to the Michigan election night reporting website to incorrectly claim that Donald Trump still leads the state. Although this is the official site, the website is updated from local results and appears to lag behind other reporting outlets.
Voters should look to local election officials for latest unofficial results, a list of which is available here - michigan.gov/sos/0,4670,7-1….
All major networks have called the Michigan election for Joe Biden, with 99% of results reported. We are currently seeing viral spread across TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, Reddit, and Facebook.
This has been further confirmed by the Michigan Secretary of State:

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1/ According to @washingtonpost, many of the 300k ballots w/no delivery scan from USPS were most likely pulled by hand for expedited delivery & delivered without a scan. Those ballots would be unlikely to flip state-level results, even if missing.
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