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Hamjambo. Kipindi hiki kinawajieni kutoka
Ohio

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ambako kwa maeneo mengine watu wanasubiri
kwenye foleni ndefu ili kupiga kura.

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Wiki chache tu zilizopita, hapa katika 
Jimbo la Buckeye,

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kura zisizo sahihi zilipatikana kwa 
wapiga kura 50,000 wa Franklin County.

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Rais alisema ulikuwa uchaguzi wa ulaghai, 
usiodhibitika na wa hila.

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Kaunti iliarifu kuwa ilikuwa hitilafu 
kubwa

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ambayo walikuwa wanajitahidi 
kushughulikia.

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Tunaona simulizi kama hizi kote nchini.

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"Kisanduku kisicho rasmi cha kura,"

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"Kebo iliyokatwa ilizima tovuti ya 
wapiga kura wa Virginia,"

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"Mashine za kupiga kura wazi kwa 
wadukuzi wa Kirusi,"

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kila siku na mada mpya ya habari.

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Msimu wa uchaguzi wa mwaka huu ni 
muhimu zaidi kwa 2020.

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Unawezaje kupita taarifa hizi zisizo 
sahihi?

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Hujambo, mimi ni Hari Sreenivasan.
Karibu kwa Take On Fake

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ambapo tunafichua madai ambayo 
huenda umeona au hata kushiriki mtandaoni.

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Uchaguzi umekaribia.

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Kuna hatari kubwa.

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Pia kuna taarifa nyingi za kupotosha.

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Wiki chache zilizopita,

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tulizungumza na mwanahabari aliyefichua
hadithi tatu tofauti kuhusu upigaji kura

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katika majimbo matatu tofauti:
Illinois, California na Washington.

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Kuna balagha na madai mengi ya uongo 
na ya kupotosha kuhusu mchakato huo.

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Nafikiri ni muhimu zaidi kuwa sisi, 
kama wanaohakikisha ukweli,

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lakini pia kila Mwamerika apinge madai 
hayo ambayo hayajahakikishwa

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kwa sababu yanadhoofisha demokrasia 
yetu mwisho wa siku.

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Mwanahabari Angelo Fichera kutoka 
FactCheck.org

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alituonyesha mojawapo ya hadithi zake,
kuhusu vitambulisho bandia huko Illinois.

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Chapisho kwenye Facebook liliripoti kuliwa
na karibu vitambulisho 20,000 bandia

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na kuwa vyote vilihusishwa na usajili 
wa kidemokrasia wa wapiga kura.

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Kwa hivyo hawa ndio watu ambao -

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wangejisajili kwa njia haramu ili kupiga 
kura kwa kutumia leseni hizi za udereva?

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Hilo ndilo lilikuwa athari.

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Hivyo jambo la kwanza ambalo ningefanya 
ni kutafuta maandishi hayo kwenye Google.

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Na katika hali hii, nilielekezwa kwa
tovuti ya kipindi cha mazunguzo cha redio

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ambayo ilitumia karibu maandishi
sawa kama mada yake.

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Kwa hivyo nilitazama makala hayo kubaini 
iwapo ushahidi wowote wa dai hili upo

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kuwa vitambulisho vilihusishwa na 
usajili wa wapiga kura.

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Ukiangalia simulizi kwa karibu
na kutafuta maelezo yoyote,

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utagundua kuwa hakukuwa na 
uthibitishaji wa madai hayo

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kuwa simulizi linataja idara ya Forodha 
na Ulinzi wa Mipaka ya Marekani

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na inahusisha maelezo kuhusu vitambulisho
bandia na shirika hilo la serikali.

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Kwa hivyo nilifanya utafutaji kwa kutumia 
nambari mahususi za vitambulisho bandia

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na Idara ya Forodha ya Ulinzi wa Mipaka,

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na niliona hati kwa wanahabari iliyotolewa
na shirika hilo mwishoni mwa Julai.

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Hamna mahali kulikotajwa 
vitambulisho bandia

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vinavyohusishwa na usajili wa wapiga 
kura, ulaghai wa kura.

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Yote waliyosema ni kuwa ilikuwa inalenga 
wanafunzi wa umri wa chuo

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katika majimbo ya karibu.

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Sawa, nikiwa nimewahi kupitia chuo,

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Nafikiri kuna uwezekano kuwa kuna 
soko kubwa ya wanafunzi

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ambao huenda wanajaribu kuingia katika 
vilabu kwa kutumia vitambulisho bandia.

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Sijui iwapo upigaji kura ni jambo ambalo
wanajaribu kufanya, lakini ...

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Huko Illinois, iwapo mtu atajaribu
kujisajili,

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watakagua nambari hizo dhidi ya nambari
walizo nazo katika hifadhidata zao,

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kwa hivyo mikakati ya usalama imewekwa

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ili kuzuia aina hiyo ya 
usajili wa ulaghai wa wapiga kura.

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Lakini hilo silo tukio pekee la 
maelezo ya kupotosha kuhusu uchaguzi

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ambalo Angelo alifichua hivi majuzi.

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Tweet iliyosambaa ilidai kulikuwa na 
zaidi ya kura 1,000 za barua pepe

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zilizopatikana kwenye bomba la taka
katika jimbo la California.

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Lakini kupitia utafutaji wa maneno 
muhimu, Angelo aligundua kuwa

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picha hiyo ilionyesha bahasha mpya 
kutoka kwa uchaguzi wa kati wa 2018,

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na zilikuwa zimetupwa kwa njia haramu.

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Kaunti ya Sonoma pia ilibainisha kuwa 
wakati wa kutolewa kwa tweet hivyo,

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kura za 2020 bado hazikuwa zimetumwa.

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Simulizi la tatu - hili kutoka jimbo la 
Washington - picha inayodai

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maelfu ya Wanademokrasia wa Seattle wame
kutana kutaka upigaji kura wa barua pepe

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kwa sababu ni hatari kupiga kura
moja kwa moja.

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Ili kufichua hili, Angelo alifanya 
utafutaji kwa kutumia picha

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na akagundua kuwa picha hii haikuhusiana 
kabisa na mchakato wa kupiga kura.

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Picha hii ilitoka kwa maandamano ya 
Black Lives Matter miezi 2 awali.

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Tukirejelea tweet hiyo halisi,

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utagunduaa kuwa mchapishaji halisi ni
akaunti inayoitwa Walter Cronkite.

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Sote tunafahamu kuwa Walter Cronkite
alikuwa mwanahabari aliyeheshimiwa

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ambayo mara nyingi alirejelewa kuwa mtu 
anayeaminika zaidi nchini Marekani.

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Kweli, "alikuwa" kwa sababu alifariki 
miaka 11 iliyopita.

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Kwa hivyo hii si tweet kutoka kwa 
Walter Cronkite halisi.

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Akaunti inatoa taarifa hapo,

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lakini iwapo unapitia tu simu yako,

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huenda usielewe hilo mara moja.

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Huenda ukaona jina Walter Cronkite

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na uamini tweet hiyo zaidi kuliko 
inayohitajika

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Ukiwa na maelezo haya ya kupotosha;

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wahakikishaji wa ukweli kama Angelo 
wanafanya nini ili kuandaa?

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Tunakuwa makini zaidi

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na kuwa tayari kukabili kitakachokuwa 
maelezo mengi ya kupotosha,

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lakini tunahitaji usaidizi wa umma, pia,

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ili kuripoti mambo kwa wanaohakikisha
ukweli.

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Tuna barua pepe.
tuna akaunti za mitandao jamii.

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Na iwapo watu wana maswali,
tungependa kuwasaidia.

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Kitakachofanyika katika siku 
chache zijazo,

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kitatuhitaji tutulie

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inapofika kwa mada, tweets na 
machapisho yanayotutisha na kutukasirisha.

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Iwapo historia ni kiashirio chochote,

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maelezo ya kupotosha kuhusu 
uchaguzi yatakuwa kila mahali.

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Kwa hivyo ni jukumu letu kuchunguza
zaidi na kutafuta vyanzo vinavyoaminika.

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Hadi wakati mwingine.

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Usisambaze habari bandia.
Kuwa wa kweli.

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Mimi ni Hari Sreenivasan na hii ni 
Take on Fake.

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Asante kwa kutazama.

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Tungependa kupata maoni yako.

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Shiriki simulizi au mpango wako 
wa kupiga kura katika maoni hapa chini.

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Je, ulipiga kura kupitia barua pepe?

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Je, unapanga kupiga mwenyewe?

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Je, wewe ni mpigaji kura wa mapema
ambaye bado anasubiri kwenye foleni?

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Kipindi chetu cha mwisho cha msimu 
hakitakuja hadi baada ya uchaguzi.

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Kwa hivyo tutaonana baada ya uchaguzi.