Fact check: Viral video claiming to show 'shredded mail-in ballots' is of printing waste
McKenzie Sadeghi
USA TODAY
The claim: Hundreds of 'shredded' Pennsylvania mail-in ballot applications were found in the back of a truck
Posts across social media alleging that hundreds of shredded Pennsylvania mail-in ballots were discovered in the back of a trailer are being used to push
unfoundedclaims of voter fraud ahead of Election Day.
A viral video shows a person entering the back of a truck and picking up one of the "shredded ballots." The man then zooms in on one of the papers, which reads "President Trump wants you to return this form," along with an image of the president.
"This looks like a bunch of recyclables, right? Right?" the person says in the video. "No, it's a Pennsylvania application for a mail-in ballot, and they do have people's addresses on the back of them that were never mailed out."
The
video, posted by USA Headline News, which has been shared over 500 times, is headlined "Thousands of shredded Trump ballots addressed and not mailed out." A
tweet with almost 24,000 shares features the same video, writing that the "evidence" was submitted by a fan to a Barstool Sports company called Old Row.
The claim was also posted by
The Right Scoop on Oct. 7, with the headline, "DESTROYED: Tons of Trump mail-in ballot applications SHREDDED in back of tractor trailer headed for Pennsylvania."
USA TODAY reached out to the USA Headline News and The Right Scoop for comment.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...not-shredded-pennsylvania-ballots/3679221001/