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“Wisconsin found 112k votes at 3am.”
Social media posts in a Facebook post. Claim dated 4 Nov 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse

What PolitiFact found

The City of Milwaukee was still counting absentee ballots around 3 a.m., but that doesn’t mean that those ballots were “found” or appeared at that time.

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 4 November 2020. Its rating was “False”.

This check was done by PolitiFact, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.