Does a Video Show Someone Burning Ballots With Votes for Trump?

On Wednesday, Eric Trump tweeted a link to what he claimed was a video of someone burning ballots in favor of Donald Trump in Virginia Beach, Virginia. 

The city of Virginia Beach quickly addressed the matter and issued a statement, clarifying that the ballots in the video were not real, but were actually sample ballots:

“A concerned citizen shared a video with us that ostensibly shows someone burning ballots. They are NOT official ballots, they are sample ballots.”

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