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Debunked: Widely Shared Video Showing Ballot Box Stuffing is a Hoax

On Oct. 12, a YouTube account posted a set of video clips purporting to show "Democrats caught on camera stuffing ballot boxes." Our partners at First Draft tracked down the original videos and found that they were all filmed in Russia.

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