{"id":79916,"date":"2020-11-09T20:11:58","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T14:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=79916"},"modified":"2020-11-09T20:13:13","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T14:43:13","slug":"old-video-from-russsia-shared-with-false-claim-as-ballot-stuffing-in-us-presidential-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-from-russsia-shared-with-false-claim-as-ballot-stuffing-in-us-presidential-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Old video from Russia falsely shared as ballot stuffing during 2020 US elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All eyes were on the United States this week as the American elections just wrapped up, with democratic candidate Joe Biden becoming the president-elect. President Donald Trump alleged &#8216;vote rigging&#8217; and called for stopping the count as states turned blue. His followers also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=fraud%20in%20america%20ELECTION%20&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">began suggesting online<\/a> that the elections were rigged. In the midst of this, a CCTV clip, allegedly from an American polling booth, began widely circulating. In the video, election officers are seen putting extra votes in the ballot box. Twitter user @ThePushpendra_ shared wrote, &#8220;If the election officers in the US themselves cast fake votes, Donald Trump has no choice but to go to the Supreme Court. No wonder the liberal gang is so happy.&#8221; The clip had received over 44,500 views at the time of writing. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/NUtU0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0905\u092e\u0947\u0930\u093f\u0915\u093e \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u091a\u0941\u0928\u093e\u0935 \u0915\u0930\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u0916\u0941\u0926 \u091c\u092c \u092b\u0930\u094d\u091c\u0940 \u0935\u094b\u091f\u093f\u0902\u0917 \u0921\u093e\u0932\u093e \u0924\u094b <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a> \u091c\u0940 SC \u0924\u094b \u091c\u093e\u090f\u0901\u0917\u0947\u0939\u093f \u0928\u093e \u0907\u0938\u0940 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u0932\u093f\u092c\u0930\u0932 \u0917\u0948\u0902\u0917 \u092c\u0939\u0941\u0924 \u0916\u0941\u0936 \u0939\u0948\u0902 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PuXqKzzMdC\">pic.twitter.com\/PuXqKzzMdC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pushpendra Kulshreshtha (@ThePushpendra_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThePushpendra_\/status\/1324722732546682886?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 6, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Twitter user Amit Singh tweeted the video and the accompanying claim. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/xeiLp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0905\u092e\u0947\u0930\u093f\u0915\u093e \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u091a\u0941\u0928\u093e\u0935 \u0915\u0930\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u0916\u0941\u0926 \u091c\u092c \u092b\u0930\u094d\u091c\u0940 \u0935\u094b\u091f\u093f\u0902\u0917 \u0921\u093e\u0932\u093e \u0924\u094b <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a> \u091c\u0940 SC \u0924\u094b \u091c\u093e\u090f\u0901\u0917\u0947\u0939\u093f \u0928\u093e \u0907\u0938\u0940 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u0932\u093f\u092c\u0930\u0932 \u0917\u0948\u0902\u0917 \u092c\u0939\u0941\u0924 \u0916\u0941\u0936 \u0939\u0948\u0902 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/93bYMCrBq0\">pic.twitter.com\/93bYMCrBq0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0905\u092e\u093f\u0924 \u0938\u093f\u0902\u0939 (@YourAmit0136) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YourAmit0136\/status\/1324727937204023297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 6, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Facebook page &#8216;Sanjaymayalkalal&#8217; also posted the footage with the same caption. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/7ifhH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/120720903105010\/videos\/459252481717214\/\" data-show-text=\"false\" data-width=\"\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/120720903105010\/videos\/459252481717214\/\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u0905\u092e\u0947\u0930\u093f\u0915\u093e \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u091a\u0941\u0928\u093e\u0935 \u0915\u0930\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u0916\u0941\u0926 \u091c\u092c \u092b\u0930\u094d\u091c\u0940 \u0935\u094b\u091f\u093f\u0902\u0917 \u0921\u093e\u0932\u093e \u0924\u094b @realDonaldTrump \u091c\u0940 SC \u0924\u094b \u091c\u093e\u090f\u0901\u0917\u0947\u0939\u093f \u0928\u093e \u0907\u0938\u0940 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u0932\u093f\u092c\u0930\u0932 \u0917\u0948\u0902\u0917 \u092c\u0939\u0941\u0924 \u0916\u0941\u0936 \u0939\u0948\u0902<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Sanjaymayalkalal-120720903105010\/\">Sanjaymayalkalal<\/a> on Friday, November 6, 2020<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<h4><strong>Old video from Russia<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Alt News performed a reverse image search of a frame from the viral clip and found it in a video report by The Guardian from March 19, 2018. The story mentions that leaked CCTV footage in Russia revealed that there had been incidents of ballot-stuffing across various polling booths. In this footage, several people can be seen stuffing extra papers into the ballot box. This election from 2018 saw Vladimir Putin become the president of Russia for the fourth time, securing 75 per cent of the votes.<\/p>\n<iframe style=\"width:100%; height:auto; aspect-ratio:16\/9;\" title=\"Russian election footage appears to show vote rigging\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pH7uXZQsyHI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>According to a video report by news agency AFP, the Election Commission of Russia shared CCTV footage from the polling booth in the city of Lyubertsy on the outskirts of Moscow. Here, the staff is seen placing extra votes inside the ballot box. After this came to light, the Election Commission said that it would cancel the fake votes. On March 19, 2018, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/video\/world\/watch-cctv-footage-shows-alleged-ballot-stuffing-in-russia-elections\/2018\/03\/19\/5b1f6048-2b81-11e8-8dc9-3b51e028b845_video.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Post<\/a> also published this footage and covered ballot-stuffing incidents during Russia&#8217;s presidential election.<\/p>\n<iframe style=\"width:100%; height:auto; aspect-ratio:16\/9;\" title=\"CCTV shows apparent ballot stuffing in Russian vote\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gwi-Ao-3n20?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>We have compared the frames from the AFP video and the viral clip below to show they are identical.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-79916 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-from-russsia-shared-with-false-claim-as-ballot-stuffing-in-us-presidential-election\/2020-11-07-20_14_59-crello-free-graphic-design-software-simple-online-photo-editor\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"833\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/11\/2020-11-07-20_14_59-Crello-\u2014-Free-Graphic-Design-Software.-Simple-Online-Photo-Editor.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/11\/2020-11-07-20_14_59-Crello-\u2014-Free-Graphic-Design-Software.-Simple-Online-Photo-Editor.jpg 833w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/11\/2020-11-07-20_14_59-Crello-\u2014-Free-Graphic-Design-Software.-Simple-Online-Photo-Editor-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/11\/2020-11-07-20_14_59-Crello-\u2014-Free-Graphic-Design-Software.-Simple-Online-Photo-Editor-768x383.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 833px) 100vw, 833px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-from-russsia-shared-with-false-claim-as-ballot-stuffing-in-us-presidential-election\/2020-11-07-20_03_38-crello-free-graphic-design-software-simple-online-photo-editor\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"841\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/11\/2020-11-07-20_03_38-Crello-\u2014-Free-Graphic-Design-Software.-Simple-Online-Photo-Editor.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/11\/2020-11-07-20_03_38-Crello-\u2014-Free-Graphic-Design-Software.-Simple-Online-Photo-Editor.jpg 841w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/11\/2020-11-07-20_03_38-Crello-\u2014-Free-Graphic-Design-Software.-Simple-Online-Photo-Editor-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/11\/2020-11-07-20_03_38-Crello-\u2014-Free-Graphic-Design-Software.-Simple-Online-Photo-Editor-768x380.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 841px) 100vw, 841px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Therefore, footage from the Russian presidential election two years ago was falsely shared as evidence of electoral fraud in the recent US election. Those circulating the video used it to support Donald Trump&#8217;s claim that the votes had been miscounted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All eyes were on the United States this week as the American elections just wrapped up, with democratic candidate Joe Biden becoming the president-elect. President Donald Trump alleged &#8216;vote rigging&#8217; and called for stopping the count as states turned blue. His followers also began suggesting online that the elections were rigged. 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