In 2022, 96,000 people had voted early in Louisiana at this point in the election cycle.
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Deadline: White HouseOct 28, 2026
The extracted claim departs from the passage, which says '2002, at this time in 2002, 96,000 people had voted early' and does not mention 2022 for that figure, so the post did not make this claim as written.
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… These were majority Black districts, which they call we call cracking the vote, right? You spread that Black population over, and you eliminate seats. Let me show you what that has done to voter turnout, early vote in Louisiana. In 2002, at this time in 2002, 96,000 people had voted early. That's 26% of the total early vote that was Black early vote. So 20% of the early vote in 2022 had voted at this point. This now, it's 34%. Look at the comparable number: 96,000 in 2022, 179,000 in 94. So not only are more people out voting, but the proportion of Black voters is increasing from 26% to 34%. Let me give you another way to look at this. …
Deadline: White House · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Context. The passage names the year 2002 (apparently a typo for 2022, but the post says 2002), while the extracted claim substitutes 2022, so the extraction adds a referent the post did not state.
Context. KPLC reports Black early votes statewide were 179,094 in 2026 versus 98,008 in 2022 through Oct. 27, which is close to the passage's 96,000 figure for 2022 and the passage's 179,000 comparison.[1]
Context. Statewide total early votes were 377,428 in 2022 per the Secretary of State, so the 96,000 figure is a Black-voter subset and does not directly address total early voting.[2][3]
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- 1Black early votes in Calcasieu more than double 2022 - KPLCkplctv.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 2520,942 people early voted; up nearly 40% from 2022wafb.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 3Total early voting numbers increase from previous midterm ...wgno.com · not rated · cited for: context
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