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Many quote tweets and replies falsely insinuated that the faulty machines were an intentional ploy by Democrats to rig the election. “Cheating” became a trending topic on Twitter as a response. Donald Trump Jr. retweeted the clip, spreading it to his massive hoard of Twitter followers. Kirk, Trump Jr., and other far-right pundits amplified the idea that putting ballots into “Box 3″ when machines weren’t working, as instructed by poll workers, was tantamount to throwing your ballot away.
The online claims spread so quickly that the Maricopa County Elections Department tweeted out their own video about an hour after Kirk’s post.
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In it, two election officials explain that all ballots will be counted regardless of faulty tabulators and that hand-counting ballots is standard in most Arizona counties on election days. The officials further added that voters can opt to cast their ballots at any location, and can go elsewhere if they really want to put their ballot in a working machine.
But that video has been viewed significantly less than Kirk’s, with less than half a million watches.