Prince William County admits election tally in 2020 shorted Joe Biden

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Prince William County admits election tally in 2020 shorted Joe Biden
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A Northern Virginia county acknowledged it underreported President Joe Biden's margin of victory over Donald Trump there in the 2020 presidential election by about 4,000 votes, the first detailed accounting of errors that came to light in 2022 as part of a criminal case.

The admission Thursday from the Prince William County Office of Elections comes a week after prosecutors from the Virginia Attorney General's office dropped charges against the county's former registrar, Michele White.

Counts were also off in races for the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives, though by lesser margins.

In a statement, the county's current registrar, Eric Olsen, emphasized that the mistakes did not come close to affecting the outcome of any race and “did not consistently favor one party or candidate but were likely due to a lack of proper planning, a difficult election environment, and human error.

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No, it was already proven there was election fraud against Trump. That's why the statement is now "widespread fraud" or similar wording.

Several people have already been arrested and charged with election fraud or similar acts on both sides.

Being an absolutist on this is harmful and further promotes black and white, all or nothing type thinking regarding the security of our elections.

Weird how fraud isn't mentioned at all; much less widespread fraud...

Maybe so, but I only read about cases where a Republican voted twice or used a dead relative to vote for Trump