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“Numbers of projected votes for few States in US Presidential Election 2020 is greater than registered voters”
Social media posts Claim dated 5 Nov 2020.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE

What FACTLY found

These are not official statistics regarding the registered voters. As per the official data provided on the respective state election commission website, the actual number of registered voters is more than the projected votes in each of the states. Even these figures are subject to changes as some states allow voters to register even on the election day

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

This claim spread on social media around 5 November 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 6 November 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.

Where the claim appeared

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