The Bucks County Board of Elections said Thursday that a video circulating on social media purporting to show ballots being opened and destroyed is “fake.”
In a news release, the board said the “envelope and materials depicted in this video are clearly not authentic materials belonging to or distributed by the Bucks County Board of Elections.”
Law enforcement agencies including the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office, Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, FBI and Pennsylvania Department of State, have been notified of the video, the release said.
Board chair Bob Harvie, vice chair Diane Ellis-Marseglia and member Gene DiGirolamo called the video “dangerous disinformation” in a joint statement they issued.
“This type of behavior is meant to sow division and distrust in our election systems, and makes a mockery of the people working incredibly hard to ensure a free and fair election is carried out,” they said in the statement. “The Board of Elections unequivocally condemns this purposeful spreading of dangerous disinformation. We will not be distracted from the job the voters of Bucks County have entrusted to us.”
“Our investigation has concluded that this video was fabricated in an attempt to undermine confidence in the upcoming election,” the Bucks County District Attorney’s office said in a statement about the video issued Thursday. “We want to thank the public and the county’s Board of Elections for bringing this to our attention. The Bucks County District Attorney’s Office will not tolerate any voter suppression, intimidation or fraud.”
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