“The New York City ballot form is a scam” because “mayoral candidates appear twice.”
What PolitiFact found
New York City mayoral candidates Zohran Mamdani and Curtis Sliwa are listed twice on the ballot because two separate parties nominated them. Candidates and political parties in New York have operated under this system — known as fusion voting — since the 19th century.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Elon Musk (entrepreneur) made this claim around 4 November 2025. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 4 November 2025. Its rating was “False”.
Elon Musk has 13 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 10 of them false or fake, 3 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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