Fox's claim that Dems are “trying to change Massachusetts law” to delay vote certification undermined by reports
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During an interview with Scott Brown, the Republican candidate in the special election for the open Massachusetts seat in the U.S. Senate, Fox News' Martha MacCallum falsely claimed that Democrats are “pushing to change Massachusetts law now, according to reports,” so that Brown “can't be sworn in until after the health care vote.” MacCallum cited only unnamed “reports” to support her claim, but in fact, the Boston Herald article that first referenced Brown's certification reported that Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin said the election results could be delayed “for absentee and military ballots to come in” -- not due to any change in Massachusetts law.