A network of accounts on the social media site X is claiming to be foreign nationals who have illegally voted in the U.S. presidential election, according to new research from the nonprofit Institute for Strategic Dialogue.
The accounts have multiple signatures that suggest they are coordinated, drawing the attention of researchers in the final stretch of election.
Some of the accounts have shared images of ballots alongside passports, including from countries that no longer exist, including the Soviet Union, Nazi Germany and Prussia, the disinformation and extremism research organization reported. The accounts are reinforcing baseless narratives about voter fraud promoted by former President Donald Trump and his allies. The most popular post, sporting an image of a French passport, has racked up more than 12 million views on X, formerly Twitter.
Even if the French passport one is real, that doesn’t mean it was voter fraud. You can have dual citizenship and multiple passports, and legally vote in the US presidential election.
That’d be me. The U.S. doesn’t recognized my UK citizenship and the UK doesn’t recognize my U.S. citizenship.
I can vote in British elections, but I don’t because I don’t think it’s right of me to do it unless I live there.
And I only plan to live there if Trump wins.