# FACT FOCUS: Misinformation about voting spreads less than a week before Election Day

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/fact-focus-misinformation-about-voting-spreads-less-than-a-week-before-election-day/
- Published: 2026-10-29T17:12:06+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-04T05:13:39+00:00
- Original publisher: The Independent (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/facts-ventura-county-california-xavier-becerra-new-york-city-b3075894.html
- Topics: Americas, Elections, Politics, World

## Key points

- Envelope holes serve accessibility and ballot-handling purposes.
- New York ballots can have multiple pages.
- The cited claims do not prove election rigging.

## Summary

False claims about ballot design and missing candidates have spread online in the final week before the 2026 US midterms, fuelling allegations of election rigging and voter fraud. The examples described have straightforward explanations, and officials say the claims do not show that votes are being manipulated.

In Ventura County, California, holes in ballot return envelopes help sight-impaired voters find where to sign and let election workers check that ballots have been removed; voters can fold ballots in different ways to keep choices hidden. In New York City, a sample ballot from a Manhattan polling site has two double-sided pages, including judicial races with no Republican or Conservative Party candidates because none are running. The article also examines a separate claim about election procedures in Arizona.

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