Elon Musk, the owner of social media platform X, criticised the legitimacy of New York City’s election system as voters prepared to head to the polls on Tuesday.
Musk shared a photograph of the city’s ballot on election day. “The New York City ballot form is a scam! No ID is required. Other mayoral candidates appear twice. (Andrew) Cuomo’s name is last in bottom right,” wrote Musk, who supported Cuomo over Democratic frontrunner Zohran Mamdani and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa. Other X users made similar points in other posts.
New York does not require voters to present IDs at their polling place on election day, beyond first-time voters who were unable to present their IDs at the time they registered.
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