Andy Nguyen, PolitiFact.com | Austin American-StatesmanInstagram posts: Glitches with voting in Arizona, New Jersey and Texas are proof the election is rigged.PolitiFact’s ruling: FalseHere’s why: ‘Conspiracy theories about the midterm elections proliferated on Election Day, and an Instagram post added to the chorus by claiming that technology issues related to voting in several states were proof that the voting process was rigged. The Nov. 8 Instagram post featured what appears to be a screenshot of a social media post by conservative commentator Emerald Robinson with a link to her blog post about how the election “was already being stolen” in the U.S. “The voting machines have already stopped working in Maricopa County, AZ and Mercer County, NJ and Bell County, TX and the election just started,” the screenshot shared on Instagram read. A caption on the Instagram post says, “Imagine my shock. Rigged elections, real results.”The Instagram post was flagged as part of Instagram’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed.It’s not the first time Robinson — who was suspended from Twitter and taken off the air by the right-wing network Newsmax after spreading COVID-19 misinformation — questioned the integrity of elections. The issues experienced in Arizona, New Jersey and Texas did not prevent anyone from voting or having their
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Technology issues in Arizona, New Jersey and Texas are not proof of a rigged election
