As Election Day approaches, a surge of unsubstantiated claims regarding election fraud is flooding social media, presaging potential lawsuits from Republicans, particularly if Trump loses.
"What we're seeing is a kind of motivated misinterpretation where people are skeptical already of whether elections are trustworthy... that we can't trust the results if that candidate doesn't win," said Kate Starbird.
The viral spread of false claims about voting irregularities may embolden legal challenges, as there's an infrastructure in place ready to act on these rumors.
"There are lawyers at the ready to take these rumors, misperceptions, misinterpretations, convert those into affidavits on Election Day... to contest whether certain votes are counted," Starbird explained.
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