Former president’s claim Donald Trump The fact that the list of presidential candidates did not appear on the first page of voting machines in California, leaving supporters having to click “more” to find his name, went viral on social media.

The claim originated from an anonymous X account but has since been shared by House Republican Marjorie Taylor GreeneA close Trump ally called the situation “ridiculous.”

Election integrity has become a major issue following the 2020 presidential election; Although this claim has been repeatedly rejected in court and by officials, Trump continues to insist that he won. independent election experts. A recent study by the Brookings Institution think tank concluded that the share of fraudulent votes cast in elections over the past 25 years has been “very small.”

An anonymous X on October 30 bill Under the username ‘Darth Caul’, he shared what they claimed was the screen of an electronic voting machine in California that did not list Trump among the top four choices for the presidential election. Instead, the names seen were the names of Democratic candidates, Vice President Kamala Harris and his running buddy Tim Walzindependent candidate and Trump supporter Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Libertarian Party candidate Chase Oliver, who has partially suspended his campaign, and Jill Stein of the Green Party.

user x wrote: “If you wanted to vote (red), you had to click an extra button to choose the candidate on the Republican ticket.” The post went viral on X, receiving over 9,600 reshares and 6.6 million views.

The post was shared by Georgia Representative Greene. added: “Trump/Vance isn’t on the first page of the ballot in California, but RFK is still there even though he left months ago!!”

“CA voters have to click through to multiple pages to vote for Trump. This is ridiculous!!”

Despite suspending his campaign and supporting Trump in August, Kennedy Jr. is still on the ballot in California and 32 other states. He said he would withdraw his candidacy in Republican-leaning and safe states.

User X, who identifies himself as part of Trump’s MAGA movement, also shared the photo on ‘American AF’, don’t comment: “Donald Trump’s name does not appear as an option on the first screen in voting machines in California. You have to click on the ‘more’ option to vote for him.” The post garnered 23,000 reshares and 12.1 million views on the platform.

But it also received a community note from other X users: “In California, the order of candidates is random and rotates across counties.”

The community note also included links to other California ballot measures shared on X where Trump was among the top candidates.

Ballot order is determined by randomly selected letters, according to the website of California Secretary of State Shirly Weber, who is responsible for overseeing elections in the Golden State.

“On the 82nd day before the election, the Secretary of State conducts a random drawing of letters of the alphabet pursuant to California Election Code section 13112,” the website states.

“The resulting sequence of letters forms the ‘random alphabet’ that will be used to determine the order of the candidates’ names on the ballot.”

news week He contacted Secretary of State Shirly Weber’s office along with the ‘Darth Carl’ and ‘American AF’ X accounts for comment outside normal business hours on Friday. Communication was via online inquiry page, email and X direct message respectively.

The latest poll analysis released Thursday by election website FiveThirtyEight showed Harris leading Trump by 1.2 points (round) with 47.9 percent of the vote nationally to 46.8 percent.

However, due to the Electoral College system, a candidate may receive the most votes but not win overall. Hillary Clinton Overall, FiveThirtyEight gave Trump a 53 percent chance of victory, compared to Harris’ 47 percent.

In better news for the Democratic candidate, a recent AI-based analysis conducted by Bonus Code Bets concluded: Harris heading for a slim victory With 276 Electoral College votes to his Republican opponent’s 262 votes.