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[blackhawks]

The fact check could not have been clearer as to what the mistake was on the part of the Gateway Pundit.

And this is not a complaint rather an observation. You are an obtuse mfr with limited reading comprehension skills and very weak critical thinking skills. Your understanding of history ranges from simplistic to nonexistent.

However, both Binney and The Gateway Pundit confused registered voters for eligible voters. The Washington Post never reported that 66.2% of registered voters had voted in the 2020 presidential election. Rather they reported that 66.2% of the total Voting Eligible Population — which also includes resident adult citizens who were not registered — had voted (here).

The Washington Post’s story links to the Frequently Asked Questions webpage of The United States Election Project, which describes the Voting Eligible Population as the number of voting-age citizens adjusted for mentally incapacitated persons, persons in the military, civilians living overseas and, depending on state law, felons (here).

The website further clarifies that the Voting Eligible Population is different to the number of registered voters and explains its use of the term, saying: “The way by which eligible persons can register to vote varies across states. North Dakota does not have voter registration. Other states have a policy known as ‘Election Day Registration.’" (here)

The United States Election project gives the figure for the Voting Eligible Population as more than 239 million (www.electproject.org/2020g) — a figure more than 25 million higher than that given by the Gateway Pundit.