False or misleading posts about #Election2020 are going viral

Some, amplified by Donald Trump, call into question the integrity of the vote as some key states lean towards Biden

#BBCRealityCheck challenges some of the claims

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Misleading Claim: A voting map in Michigan showing a sudden increase of around 130,000 votes for Biden, but none for Trump has gone viral on social media

President Trump has tweeted the image, which is raising speculation about voter fraud

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Reality: It was a simple data entry error that was later corrected

Decision Desk, the website which created the map, said: "It was a simple error from a file... that we ingested… the state noticed the error and produced an updated count"

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Misleading Claim: More people in Wisconsin voted than were registered

Tweet: "Wisconsin has more votes than people who are registered to vote...number of registered voters: 3,129,000... number of votes cast: 3,239,920. This is direct evidence of fraud"

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Reality: This number of registered voters is outdated - the latest figure as of 1 November is 3,684,726

The state also allows people to register to vote on election day, so the number of registered voters could be even higher than the reported figure

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False Claim: Votes written in Sharpie won't be counted

In a video, a woman describes how voting machines can't read ballots marked with Sharpies

This led to claims of voter fraud and that large numbers of votes from Trump supporters were invalidated

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Reality: Officials say Sharpies do not invalidate ballots

Arizona secretary of state, Katie Hobbs says they'll be counted: "even if the machines can't read them...we have ways to count them. They're going to be counted."

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