“Over 17 million Filipinos had their ballots invalidated due to overvoting for senators.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 16 May 2025.
Vera Files rated thisFalse
What Vera Files found
The Commission on Elections reported only 1.4 million people who overvoted for senator in the May 12 elections. The 17 million figure refers to the total number of invalidated ballots for overvoting.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 16 May 2025. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 23 May 2025, 7 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BuVo2eePC/
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This check was done by Vera Files, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.