Do Ballot Cast And Number Of Registered Voters Count

The claim: Wisconsin shows more counted votes than registered voters.

Ballot counting remains underway in several primal battleground states. While onetime Vice President Joe Biden appears to have won Wisconsin, some on social media are calling foul when looking at vote tallies.

"WISCONSIN REPORTING 101+% VOTER TURNOUT," reads a heading within a meme containing a nautical chart tabulating the number of registered voters in select states and what percent they comprise of the state's population. The meme and then claims the number of Wisconsin votes counted is 3,170,206 and registered voters only at 3,129,000, indicating a discrepancy of a piddling over 41,000 betwixt the two.

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"The Democrats accept officially committed #Election 20202 fraud. This crime is a felony and falls under 18 Us Lawmaking Affiliate 115: Sedition & Treason," the text declares.

The meme shared by Facebook user Mike Boss has received over 2,700 interactions and 2,500 shares since being posted on Wed. It has likewise gained meaning attention elsewhere on Facebook, besides as on Twitter.

U.s. TODAY has reached out to Boss for farther annotate.

What is Wisconsin's actual registered voter count?

According to Wisconsin Elections Commission, there are 3,684,726 active registered voters as of Nov. ane. This figure, too as denial that the state has more ballots than registered voters, was affirmed past the committee on its official Twitter account.

Voter turnout is reported to have topped iii.ii million, the highest turnout Wisconsin has seen since the 2004 election.

The chart used in the Facebook epitome appears to be taken from a website called World Population Review, which claims its number of registered voters by state reflects 2020 and cites the U.Southward. Census Bureau's Voting and Registration page as a source. USA TODAY plant the figure actually used is from the November 2018 election. It is important to note, 2020 census results volition non be available until belatedly 2020 to early on 2021.

Past late afternoon Midweek, Earth Population Review updated its information and appears to have appropriately cited voter registration statistics available by each state.

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Our ruling: Simulated

We rate this claim False because it is not supported by our research. The number for registered Wisconsin voters stated by the Facebook image is incorrect and instead is confirmed to exist at over 3.6 million as of Nov. ane, according to the Wisconsin Elections Commission. The commission has denied there beingness more ballots than registered voters. The full votes counted in the country has topped three.2 1000000.

Our fact-cheque sources:

USA TODAY, Nov. 4, "Ballot updates: Biden entrada officials debate he's on runway to accept Balloter College, simply battleground states still upwards for grabs."
Wisconsin Elections Commission, Nov. 1, "November 1, 2020 Voter Registration Statistics."
Wisconsin Elections, Nov. four, Twitter thread.
Milwaukee Periodical Sentinel, Nov. 4, "Biden alleged winner in Wisconsin with xx,000 vote margin; Trump campaign vows request for recount."
WayBack Automobile, November. 4, "Globe Population Review."
Demography.gov, Apr 22, 2019, "Reported Voting and Registration, by Marital Status, Age, and Sex: November 2018."
NPR, March 31, 2019, "What You Demand To Know About The 2020 Census."
World Population Review, Nov. 4, "Number Of Registered Voters by Country 2020."

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