DISINFO: The US election is rigged
SUMMARY
Judging by the situation in the United States, you have to elect in the following way:
– for a whole year bombard the population with polls far from reality, where the Democratic candidate simply knocks outs his competitor;
– send out an unknown number of ballots by mail, so that later they can be counted uncontrollably;
– do not allow OSCE observers to visit some polling stations;
– in states where the current President was confidently leading, suddenly show that 100% of the ballots that arrived by mail are votes for his competitor;
– register deceased voters and indicate a higher number of voters than the actual number of citizens eligible for voting.
RESPONSE
Although the article is presented as an opinion, it summarises the variety of false and already debunked claims presenting them as objective information.
Thus, the "dead people's voting", claimed on social media and then in Russian State media, is debunked by Michigan's State Department. The claim about the indication of "a higher number of voters than the actual number of citizens eligible for voting" came from a misinterpretation when the number of voters in 2020 was mixed up with a number of voters of 2018 interim Congress election.
The OSCE did observe the US elections. The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) deployed an election observation activity for the 3 November 2020 general elections in the United States.
In general, Russian State media carry out a disinformation campaign on the US election. See more examples of disinformation cases and their debunking.