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Elon Musk’s Starlink didn’t rig 2024 election for Trump

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Some social media users claim to have found an explanation for Vice President Kamala Harris ’ 2024 election loss.

They say billionaire Elon Musk’s Starlink technology manipulated votes to benefit President-elect Donald Trump .

Election security experts and state and local election officials rebutted the claims, saying the 2024 presidential election was secure.

Experts said voting machines are not connected to the internet during ballot tabulation.

A Starlink satellite reentered Earth ’s atmosphere on Nov. 10 and exploded.

Astronomer: This is not a case of suddenly deciding to retire this satellite within the past week .

We found only one instance of Starlink technology being used to support election infrastructure in California .

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