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Delayed Vote Totals, 'Tesla 2025 Motorhome' and Snowy Owl

Plus: 6-Time Mount Everest Climber Died Changing Light Bulb?

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Izz LaMagdeleine
October 30, 2024

WEDNESDAY EDITION

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People sit at a table counting ballots.

Delayed Vote Totals Don't Mean Voter Fraud Is Happening

As Election Day 2024 approached in the U.S., suspicions mounted about the electoral process. Internet users — largely those who supported former President Donald Trump — began to claim that a delay in reporting voting totals must indicate fraud (archived).

However, tallying votes can take time because different states follow different procedures to process and count mail-in and absentee votes. This means that delayed results are not necessarily an indicator of fraud. Snopes reporter Anna Rascouët-Paz has the details.

A Trump sign from a distance has a logo of a T with a swastika around it.

What We Know About Photos of Trump Sign with Swastika in Barnwell, South Carolina

The pictures of the sign appeared online in late October, less than two weeks before Election Day.

A Black South Asian woman wearing a black jacket stands behind microphones.

What We Know About Plagiarism Allegations Against Harris

The allegations originated with the findings of a "plagiarism hunter" based in Germany and a partisan news and opinion website in the U.S.

People stand outside looking at a motorhome that's open to see the inside.

Elon Musk Announced 'Tesla 2025 Motorhome' for Under $17K?

Social media users claimed the electric vehicle manufacturing company is "venturing into the world of affordable, eco-friendly living — on wheels."

An image claims to show a snowy wol carrying three chicks. The caption says, "A snowy Owl mother flying with her kids at her back...."

Real Video of Snowy Owl Carrying Chicks on Her Back?

Snowy owl chicks are typically gray until they reach about 2 months old.

Staff Pick

An image shows a man on a mountain next to an insert image of a man changing a lightbulb. At the bottom of the image, it says, "MOUNTAINEER GERARD OMEL, WHO MADE SIX ASCENTS OF MOUN EVEREST, DIED AT HOME AFTER FALLING FROM A LADDER WHILE CHANGING A LIGHT BULB." "MOUNTAINEER GERARD OMEL," "SIX ASCENTS OF MOUNT EVEREST," and "FALLING FROM A LADDER" is in yellow, while the rest of the words are in white.

6-Time Mount Everest Climber Died Changing Light Bulb?

The claim has circulated in newspapers and trivia books since the 1990s.