State of Georgia warns of Russia's attempt to interfere in US presidential election
Photo: Georgia warns of Russia's attempt to interfere in the US presidential election (Getty Images)
A video has surfaced online in which a man purportedly from Haiti claims to have voted multiple times in the US presidential elections. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger called it Russian disinformation, CNN reports.
In the video that emerged yesterday on the social media platform Twitter (X) and garnered over half a million views, a man claiming to be a Haitian immigrant alleged that he voted multiple times in the presidential elections for US Vice President Kamala Harris.
The original post containing the video has since been removed from the platform, but copies continue to circulate as evidence of alleged election fraud in the US.
"This is false, and is an example of targeted disinformation we’ve seen this election," Raffensperger commented on the video.
According to him, the video was "obviously fake" and intended to incite concern about an alleged illegitimate voting process in Georgia, and specialists are already investigating it.
"In the meantime, we ask Elon Musk and the leadership of other social media platforms to take this down. This is obviously fake and part of a disinformation effort. Likely it is a production of Russian troll farms," added the Secretary of State for Georgia.
Election in the US
The presidential elections in the US will take place on November 5. The candidates for this position are the current Vice President Kamala Harris and former American leader Donald Trump.
Recently, media reported that Harris's lead over Trump in the election race has narrowed to 1%. Currently, Harris has 44% voter support, while Trump has 43%
