Trump is already spreading false claims about voter fraud in Pennsylvania

As election day approaches, Donald Trump has shared false and exaggerated claims about the integrity of the elections in the key swing state of Pennsylvania.

In a truth social after On Monday evening, Trump claimed that several Pennsylvania counties were facing major potential fraud, exceeding the facts on the ground.

“Wow! York County, Pennsylvania, has received THOUSANDS of potentially FRAUDULENT voter registration forms and mail-in ballot applications from a third party,” Trump said. told his millions of followers. “This is on top of Lancaster County being caught with 2,600 counterfeit ballots and forms, all written by the same person. Really bad ‘stuff’. WHAT HAPPENED IN PENNSYLVANIA??? Law enforcement must do their job immediately!!! WOW!!!”

The former president is closer to the truth when it comes to York County. There, officials said last week that they had received an unusually large amount of election-related materials, including voter registration forms and mail-in ballots, from an unnamed third party.

Local officials said they were still assessing the materials and urged the public not to jump to conclusions.

“We don’t have many details about these applications, so it’s important that we don’t rush to judgment,” Commonwealth Minister Al Schmidt said. said during a press conference on Monday, arguing that the flagged application materials were a sign that the election process was functioning normally, with built-in checks and balances. “We hope for a quick and accurate conclusion to the investigation and for a hearing from the province.”

Trump does which incorrectly describes the Lancaster County election survey.

There, officials announced last week that some unspecified portions of a batch of 2,500 voter registration forms may be fraudulent, with some possibly showing signs of duplicate handwriting and false names and addresses. The county elections board said in a statement that they were reviewing the materials, a sign that their “systems were working.”

Officials in Lancaster are not investigating “counterfeit ballots,” as Trump claimed.

Trump was frequently discussed during the 2020 elections made false claims about the vote in Pennsylvaniawhich one Joe Biden won by less than one percent.

Current polls show Trump and Harris virtually even in the state.