Kentucky election officials reject claim about markings on ballots

An image spreading on social media purports to show a postal ballot in Kentucky which already had a mark on it next to Kamala Harris’s name, with the suggestion that voting for anyone else would render it void.

author: Economician

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One post, viewed more than three million times, said the picture showed “weird ballot shenanigans happening”.

An image appearing to show a ballot paper where the box for Kamala Harris has a very small black dot inside, which the other candidates do not have

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