PoliticsFact check: Election fraud claims spread in Saxony-Anhalt

False and misleading allegations of fraud, vote-rigging and ballot irregularities circulated online around the Saxony-Anhalt election. DW found that a video claiming election workers destroyed AfD ballots showed signs of staging, while fabricated videos accusing the CDU of fraud were linked to Russian disinformation campaigns.

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