Melissa Goldin.

A voter completes their ballot at a voting site, in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

FACT FOCUS: New York City ballots do not show proof of election fraud

As voters lined up at the polls Tuesday, social media users claimed that how candidates are listed on New York City ballots is proof that voting is rigged. But there is nothing amiss about the ballots, which follow New York’s voting laws. Candidates may appear more than once on ballots in the state if they are nominated by multiple political parties — a practice called fusion voting. Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, is in the eighth spot because of when he filed his petition to run as an independent.

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