A social media post claims that North Carolina’s ballot for the November election has been 'manipulated' to hurt former
Early voters line up to cast their ballots at the South Regional Library polling location in Durham, N.C., Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020.
First, election officials place 26 balls, each labeled with a letter of the alphabet, in a bingo wheel.An election official spins the wheel until a ball comes out.Then, election officials flip a coin to see whether candidates will be listed in alphabetical order or reverse alphabetical order .This year, the coin showed heads, meaning the candidates would appear on ballots in alphabetical order, starting with the letter D. The candidates are sorted by last name.
Kennedy recently suspended his campaign and endorsed Trump. However, his name remains on the ballot because the We The People party — which nominated Kennedy —If President Joe Biden hadn’t dropped out of the race, his name would have appeared on the ballot last.PolitiFact NC contacted the X user who claimed this year’s ballot was manipulated, but the user didn’t respond.The post said the order of names listed on North Carolina’s ballot shows a"clear attempt at voter manipulation.
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