“118-year-old William Bradley voted via an absentee ballot in Wayne County, Michigan this year. William died in 1984. They’re trying to steal this election.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 4 Nov 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
A city elections official said that a ballot was not cast on behalf of the elder Bradley, but when the alive Bradley voted officials made a clerical error in recording the ballot.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 4 November 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 5 November 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
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