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Kentucky Officials Forced to Correct ‘Absurd’ Online Election Conspiracy

At least one theory circulating online suggested that a gas leak at one single polling place in Louisville was an election rigging tactic.

Voters walk to the polls to cast their ballots at the Shelby Traditional Academy on November 7, 2023 in Louisville, Kentucky

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By Brett Bachman

Kentucky officials were forced to correct what they called “absurd” conspiracies circulating online that a gas leak at one polling place in Louisville was planned as an election rigging tactic by Democrats to steal the state’s gubernatorial election. Chris Whelan, a spokesperson for Louisville Gas & Electric, told the Associated Press that there was a “legitimate instance of a gas leak” from a faulty stove at Highland Baptist Church, which dissipated after the stove was turned off. He called any claims that the leak was planned—or even that it affected the number of votes cast—“patently absurd.”

Read it at Associated Press

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