The theory, trending as #SharpieGate on social media, appears to have first emerged in Arizona and has since spread to parts of Pennsylvania. The claims are untrue: Election officials in both states have confirmed that Sharpies are an acceptable writing instrument for filling out ballots and that ballots are not being rejected due to Sharpie
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A map of voting in Michigan from earlier in the night - which shows a sudden increase of around 130,000 votes for Joe Biden, but none for Donald Trump - has gone viral on social media.
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Disbanding the city’s police department requires a change to the Minneapolis city charter and would need to be voted on by residents. The earliest that could happen is next year.
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According to Chad Wolf, acting director of the Department of Homeland Security, the agency has not seen any “indications that a foreign actor has succeeded in compromising or affecting the votes cast in this election.”
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Some 100 election observers from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly will deploy later this month to the United States for the 3 November general elections. They will work with about 40 long-term observers and experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights who are already in the country and deliver a joint assessment
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