US intelligence agencies say “Russian influence actors” are behind an alleged fake video of a Haitian claiming to have voted “several times” in Georgia.

The 20-second video, which has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times on X and other social networks, shows two men in a car who say they are Haitian.

One says they obtained U.S. citizenship within six months of arriving and voted for Kamala Harris in Gwinnett and Fulton counties in Georgia. They encourage other Haitians to come to the United States.

The BBC has found clear evidence, including fake addresses, that the video is fake.

In a statement, three US security agencies said the video “falsely represented individuals claiming to be from Haiti” and was carried out by “actors of Russian influence.”

“This Russian activity is part of Moscow’s broader effort to raise unfounded questions about the integrity of the US elections and stoke divisions among Americans,” said the joint statement from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Federal Bureau of Investigation. and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

Researchers at Clemson University said the video bears the hallmarks of a Russian disinformation operation known as Storm-1516.

“This narrative is consistent with what we’ve seen from Storm-1516, especially in recent weeks since they focused squarely on the US election,” said Clemson’s Darren Linvill.

“We should not be at all surprised that they are focused on undermining the integrity of American elections.”

“This is consistent with Russian strategy over the last two election cycles,” he added.

Georgia’s top elections official, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, said the clip is “false and part of a disinformation effort”.

He asked X owner Elon Musk and owners of other social media platforms to remove the video.

A man in the clip shows several driver’s licenses to the camera, presumably as proof of identity. BBC Verify took screenshots of these and enhanced them so the details could be read.

The addresses on two of the licenses match a commercial site and a location in the middle of a highway near a gas station, not residential addresses.

A reverse search of the photograph on one of the licenses showed it was a stock image of a man (credited to a production company in South Africa).

US intelligence agencies said last week that a video purporting to show a poll worker destroying mail-in ballots marked for Donald Trump in Pennsylvania was also created by Russian influence actors.