FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims surrounding the 2024 election | Associated Press

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FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims surrounding the 2024 election | Associated Press

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FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims surrounding the 2024 election

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With early voting underway, false and misleading reports have emerged online. There's a false claim that a video shows ballots for former President Donald Trump being destroyed in Bucks County, Pennsylvania — it's fake.

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