Trump's claim of cheating in Philadelphia rejected by officials

As millions of radical formed their ballots successful the US election, claims person been spreading online questioning the integrity of the vote.

Election officials person been speedy to cull immoderate accusations of voting malpractice, arsenic good arsenic clarifying immoderate morganatic problems which person been taken retired of context.

BBC Verify is tracking and investigating the astir wide shared claims - here's four.

An representation connected societal media shows a idiosyncratic holding a mail-in ballot insubstantial which they assertion already had a people adjacent to Kamala Harris's name.

The representation was primitively posted online a fewer days agone but it has been circulating again connected predetermination day.

The idiosyncratic who posted it connected X claims that voting for anyone other would render the ballot void.

One post, viewed much than 3 cardinal times, said the representation showed “weird ballot shenanigans happening”.

BBC Verify spoke to the Kentucky Board of Elections which rejected the allegation.

It said it had mailed retired 130,000 ballots truthful acold and had not been made alert of immoderate complaints astir mail-in ballots having pre-printed marks successful immoderate campaigner enactment boxes.

“As nary 1 has presented a pre-marked ballot to predetermination administrators oregon instrumentality enforcement, the assertion that astatine slightest 1 ballot whitethorn person had a pre-printed people successful Kentucky, presently lone exists successful the vacuum of societal media,” it said.

The predetermination committee added that for mail-in ballots successful Kentucky if much than 1 campaigner prime is marked successful ink, past the ballot volition inactive beryllium counted if the elector circles their preferred choice.

A station connected X which claims “the Pentagon reportedly failed to nonstop absentee ballots to progressive subject work members earlier the election” has been viewed implicit 28 cardinal times.

It references a missive to Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin, written by 3 Republican members of congress, expressing “grave concern” implicit “deficiencies” successful procedures for overseas subject unit to vote.

However the missive does not impeach the Pentagon of failing to nonstop them absentee ballots.

It is not the Pentagon’s occupation to bash this - subject unit tin ballot overseas done the Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP) and ballots are sent to them by predetermination officials wherever they are registered successful the US.

If the ballot is successful information of not arriving earlier the voting deadline, unit tin ballot via what is called a Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot (FWAB).

The missive claims an unspecified fig of “service members” had requested a FWAB but were told their basal had tally out. However, it is imaginable to download and motion 1 done the FVAP website.

We asked the Department of Defense for details astir however galore radical had been affected by the issue, but it would not comment. It did accidental that it had trained 3,000 Voting Assistance Officers to enactment unit with voting.

Officials successful the US authorities of Pennsylvania person rejected claims that “illegal voters” were capable to use for ballots and ballot astatine an predetermination bureau successful Allegheny County.

They released a connection after posts connected X went viral, claiming to amusement “illegal voters” being guided past US voters who had been waiting successful line.

A video which appears to amusement idiosyncratic repeatedly trying and failing to ballot for Donald Trump connected a voting instrumentality successful Laurel County, Kentucky - earlier a ballot appears adjacent to Kamala Harris’s sanction - has gone viral.

The idiosyncratic posting it says: “I deed Trump’s sanction 10 times and it wouldn’t enactment I past began signaling and you tin spot what happened…. Switched it to Harris.”

Another post, viewed astir 7 cardinal times, features the video with the claim: “Voting machines successful Kentucky are virtually changing the ballot from Donald Trump to Kamala Harris. This is predetermination interference!”

Election officials confirmed the video was authentic and the instrumentality did malfunction, but said it was an isolated incidental and the elector was capable to formed their ballot arsenic intended.

“After respective minutes of attempting to recreate the scenario, it did occur. This was accomplished by hitting immoderate country successful betwixt the boxes. After that we tried for respective minutes to bash it again and could not,” the region clerk said successful a statement.

The instrumentality successful question was taken retired of enactment until it was inspected, and aboriginal successful the time the region clerk posted a video connected Facebook showing the instrumentality moving correctly.

"In an predetermination connected this standard determination are ever going to beryllium immoderate problems," said Joseph Greaney, a voting adept astatine US predetermination website Ballotpedia.

"It tin beryllium 1 oregon 2 machines but radical are extrapolating those retired into a bigger problems, but I would accidental with a bully grade of assurance that they are isolated incidents and they are caught," helium added.