“Counting ballots and reporting the results after Election Day is "how you cheat when your party is about to lose a major election.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 3 Nov 2022.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
What FactCheck.org found
Voting by mail is popular, but the claim persists that it leads to rampant fraud. But many states don’t start counting mail ballots until after polls close, and some accept them for days afterward if they are postmarked.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 3 November 2022. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 8 November 2022, 5 days later. Its rating was “False”.
This check was done by FactCheck.org, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.