{"id":953744,"date":"2021-11-02T12:59:20","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T16:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=953744"},"modified":"2021-11-02T12:59:22","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T16:59:22","slug":"fact-check-does-this-image-show-a-line-of-people-waiting-to-vote-in-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-image-show-a-line-of-people-waiting-to-vote-in-virginia\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Does This Image Show A Line Of People Waiting To Vote In Virginia?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-does-this-image-show-a-line-of-people-waiting-to-vote-in-virginia%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=953744&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JGaffneyUSN\/status\/1454495555032387594\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Twitter<\/a> purportedly shows a long line of people waiting to vote in Alexandria, Virginia, on the morning of Oct. 30.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"7.2903225806452\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This was the line in Alexandria this morning waiting to vote.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude10 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TlmKhEl2oJ\">pic.twitter.com\/TlmKhEl2oJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jonathan Gaffney \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@JGaffneyUSN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JGaffneyUSN\/status\/1454495555032387594?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The picture was taken in Zhengzhou, China, in 2014.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JGaffneyUSN\/status\/1454495555032387594\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oct. 30 tweet<\/a> sharing the picture of the long, winding line has garnered over 2,700 retweets and over 13,200 likes so far. It alleges the photo depicts the \u201cline in Alexandria this morning waiting to vote.\u201d The last day for early voting in Virginia\u2019s elections was Oct. 30, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elections.virginia.gov\/casting-a-ballot\/calendars-schedules\/upcoming-elections.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Virginia Department of Elections website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Over 1.1 million voters in Virginia cast early ballots ahead of Tuesday\u2019s elections, the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/elections-richmond-campaigns-virginia-election-2020-484e32f4b802da309f4d8a62325b078b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Associated Press<\/a> reported. One of the offices Virginians are voting on is governor, which Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe, Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin and Liberation candidate Princess Blanding are running for, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elections.virginia.gov\/casting-a-ballot\/candidate-list\/candidate-list-2nov2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Virginia Department of Elections website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While there were, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wusa9.com\/article\/news\/politics\/elections\/virginia-early-voting-election-day-2021-governor-mcauliffe-youngkin\/65-a3510b05-72d2-4556-9630-c4eea7db3546\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WUSA9<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtvr.com\/news\/virginia-politics\/virginia-voters-line-on-final-day-of-early-voting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WTVR-TV<\/a>, long lines of voters in parts of Virginia on the last day of early voting, the picture shared on Twitter doesn\u2019t show one of them.&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2020\/09\/29\/fact-check-photo-adam-sandler-sign-voting-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Does This Photo Show Adam Sandler Holding A Sign About Voting In The 2020 Election?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The photo, traced through a reverse image search, was taken by a stringer in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou back in February 2014. It depicts \u201cjunior college students\u201d as they \u201cline up outside a job fair,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-china-economy-tax-idUSBREA3S0MC20140429\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">its caption<\/a> in an April 2014 Reuters article.<\/p>\n<p>Business Insider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/china-crazy-crowded-2015-10#junior-college-students-line-up-outside-a-job-fair-in-2014-around-50000-people-attended-this-one-job-fair-in-zhengzhou-henan-province-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">also included<\/a> the picture in a 2015 article, where the caption said, \u201cJunior college students line up outside a job fair in 2014. Around 50,000 people attended this one job fair in Zhengzhou, Henan province.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Twitter purportedly shows a long line of people waiting to vote in Alexandria, Virginia, on the morning of Oct. 30. 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