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Elon Musk alleges the NYC ballot form is misleading during the 2025 mayoral race, despite election laws requiring no ID at polls, officials clarified.
- On Nov. 4, 2025 Elon Musk, owner of social media platform X, posted a photograph of the New York City ballot and wrote `The New York City ballot form is a scam`.
- Fusion voting in New York means Zohran Mamdani and Curtis Sliwa appear on major and minor party lines because electoral fusion allows cross‑nominations, letting voters support candidates and minor party platforms simultaneously.
- Under Board of Elections rules, New York law forbids poll workers from asking for ID, ballot order follows previous gubernatorial votes, and Julia Sass Rubin said, `Although candidates may appear on more than one party's line, voters can only vote for them once.`
- Critics and experts pushed back, saying fusion voting is normal in New York and calling Musk's framing misleading, while Musk's endorsement of Andrew Cuomo prompted criticism that a non-New Yorker is amplifying confusion about the ballot.
- Historically, fusion voting dates to the nineteenth century, and Dan Cantor said 'It allows voters the ability to vote their values and send a message to the candidate that he or she should be attentive to the minor party's concerns.
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Musk Blasts NYC Ballot as ‘Scam’ Over Cuomo’s Spot
Tech billionaire and former White House adviser Elon Musk slammed the New York City mayoral ballot Tuesday over the positioning of democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo, calling it a "scam." At issue: Mamdani and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa appear twice, while Eric Adams remains on the ballot despite dropping out, bumping Cuomo down to the second line beside Jim Walden and Joseph Hernandez. Under New York's fusion voting sys…
Billionaire Elon Musk posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday night, urging voters to vote for former Governor Andrew Cuomo. He also called the presence of Democratic Socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani's name twice on the ballot a scam. Musk faced criticism on social media for this.
New York mayor election: Is the ballot correct as Zohran Mamdani listed twice? Elon Musk labels it a scam
Elon Musk reacted online after reports said Zohran Mamdanis name appeared twice on the New York mayor election ballot. Musk joked about it and called the ballot a scam. The post quickly went viral as people started questioning if the citys voting process and ballot design were correct.
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