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“Wisconsin has more votes than people who are registered to vote.”
Social media posts Facebook. Claim dated 5 Nov 2020.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse

What FactCheck.org found

State data shows the number of registered voters exceeded the votes cast by nearly 388,000, as of Nov. 1.

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In short

This claim spread on social media around 5 November 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 5 November 2020. Its rating was “False”.

Where the claim appeared

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