A baseless voting claim is being amplified by a network of social media accounts

Trays of mail in ballots are stacked at the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters office on Oct. 21, 2024 in San Jose, Calif. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

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A network of accounts on the social media site X claims to be foreign nationals who have illegally voted in the U.S. presidential election, according to new research from the nonprofit Institute for Strategic Dialogue.

The accounts give multiple signs of coordination, drawing the attention of researchers in the final stretch of election.

Some of the accounts have shared images of ballots alongside passports, including from

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