CNN reports:
Elon Musk’s misinformation megaphone has created a “huge problem” for election officials in key battleground states who told CNN they’re struggling to combat the wave of falsehoods coming from the tech billionaire and spreading wildly on his X platform.
Election officials in pivotal battleground states including Pennsylvania, Michigan and Arizona have all tried – and largely failed – to fact-check Musk in real time. At least one has tried passing along personal notes asking he stop spreading baseless claims likely to mislead voters.
“I’ve had my friends hand-deliver stuff to him,” said Stephen Richer, a top election official in Arizona’s Maricopa County, a Republican who has faced violent threats for saying the 2020 election was secure.
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New —> Election officials, Republican & Democrat alike, have been trying to present Elon Musk with accurate information about voting & the election process, with 1 going as far as trying to pass him info through an intermediary. To little avail https://t.co/nA19yLL3s7
— Sean Lyngaas (@snlyngaas) October 31, 2024