{"id":995289,"date":"2021-11-10T16:58:35","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T21:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=995289"},"modified":"2021-11-10T16:58:38","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T21:58:38","slug":"fact-check-viral-video-claims-to-show-ballots-from-new-jerseys-nov-3-election-in-gloucester-county-recycling-bins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-viral-video-claims-to-show-ballots-from-new-jerseys-nov-3-election-in-gloucester-county-recycling-bins\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Viral Video Claims To Show Ballots From New Jersey\u2019s Nov. 3 Election In Gloucester County Recycling Bins"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/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-viral-video-claims-to-show-ballots-from-new-jerseys-nov-3-election-in-gloucester-county-recycling-bins%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=995289&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>A video <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rob_Noorollah\/status\/1456477132096294913\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Twitter<\/a> purportedly shows ballots from the recent election thrown out in recycling bins outside the Gloucester County Office of Elections building in New Jersey.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"8.6634146341463\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">More Treason In New Jersey,<\/p>\n<p>Trash Bins of Ballots and Shredded Mail In Ballots Found In New Jersey. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AuditNewJersey?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AuditNewJersey<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aSHp2nACGV\">pic.twitter.com\/aSHp2nACGV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8Robert.N\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@Rob_Noorollah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rob_Noorollah\/status\/1456477132096294913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>None of the papers in the recycling bins had any \u201cviable election use,\u201d according to the Gloucester County clerk\u2019s office. They were envelopes, instructional inserts and spoiled ballots that had been brought in by constituents for replacement.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the video, a man appears to open what look like green recycling bins, where papers of different colors, some shredded, can be seen in boxes. The footage, purportedly showing discarded ballots in Gloucester County, has circulated along with claims suggesting election fraud in New Jersey\u2019s elections last week.<\/p>\n<p>The papers found in the bins, however, were \u201cnot viable for any electoral use,\u201d according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gloucestercountynj.gov\/400\/Election-Division\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement<\/a> from the Gloucester County clerk\u2019s office. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2020\/11\/12\/fact-check-georgia-fulton-county-132000-likely-ineligible-ballots-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did Georgia\u2019s Fulton County Identify 132,000 \u2018Likely Ineligible\u2019 Ballots?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis office was contacted by the Gloucester County Prosecutor\u2019s Office in regard to an investigation against several individuals that were shown on a social media video rummaging through recycling containers outside of the Gloucester County Office of Elections on the evening of November 3, 2021,\u201d the statement from the clerk\u2019s office <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gloucestercountynj.gov\/400\/Election-Division\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">says<\/a>. \u201cThese individuals were incorrectly claiming election fraud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Items placed in the recycling bins Nov. 3 by staff members included three boxes of \u201coutdated instructional inserts illustrating how to complete and return a Vote by Mail ballot\u201d from the 2021 general election and one box of \u201coutdated yellow business reply mail envelopes\u201d from the 2021 primary election, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gloucestercountynj.gov\/400\/Election-Division\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gloucester County clerk\u2019s office statement<\/a>. There was also one bag of \u201cshredded green certificate envelopes from some undeliverable 2021 General Election ballots that were returned by the USPS\u201d and some spoiled ballots that were \u201cbrought in by constituents for replacement\u201d due to being \u201ctorn, damaged, or incorrectly marked,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese items have no viable election use and were discarded in accordance with the law,\u201d the Gloucester County clerk\u2019s office reiterated at the end of the statement.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2021\/11\/02\/us\/elections\/results-new-jersey.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">narrowly beat out<\/a> his Republican opponent Jack Ciattarelli to win a second term of office, the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/election-2021-virginia-governor-glenn-youngkin-mcaulife-6cdbf77acf9a966e216ab2a297601baa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Associated Press<\/a> reported. Ciattarelli <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/580575-murphy-campaign-calls-on-ciattarelli-to-concede-nj-governor-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has not conceded<\/a> the election at this time, but his campaign said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jack4nj.com\/jack_ciattarelli_campaign_update_on_ongoing_ballot_counting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in a Nov. 8 statement<\/a> that \u201cno one on this team is alleging fraud or malfeasance, as we have not seen any credible evidence of that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video shared on Twitter purportedly shows ballots from the recent election thrown out in recycling bins outside the Gloucester County Office of Elections building in New Jersey. 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