# Fact check: Viral claims after the US midterms

https://mins.news/en/item/129537

- DW, 2026-11-04 18:45 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-examining-viral-narratives-after-the-us-midterm-elections/a-79851311?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> As Democrats celebrated major gains in the US midterms, false claims of election fraud spread online, including allegations of illegal voting and vote-rigging. DW found that footage from a polling place in Lewiston, Maine, did not support claims of a coordinated effort to steal the election. The FBI also said a viral claim about more than 20,000 fraudulent ballots found in a Houston warehouse was false and that no election-related operation took place.

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