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Elections & voting fact checks

Explore claims publishers have checked about elections & voting. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.

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YouturnElections & voting

நீங்கள் வாக்குச்சாவடிக்கு செல்லும் பொழுது உங்களின் பெயர் வாக்காளர் பட்டியலில் இல்லை என்றால் உங்களின் ஆதார் அல்லது வாக்காளர் அடையாள அட்டையை காண்பித்து ” Section 49A ” கீழ் ” சேலஞ் ஓட்டை கேட்டு உங்களின் வாக்கினை செலுத்தலாம். ஒருவேளை உங்களின் ஓட்டினை வேறு ஒருவர் செலுத்தி விட்டது தெரிய வந்தால் ” டென்டர் ஓட்டு ” பற்றி கேட்கலாம். பின்பு உங்களின் வாக்கினை செலுத்திக் கொள்ள முடியும். இதில், ஏதாவது ஒரு வாக்குச்சாவடியில் டென்டர் வாக்குகள் 14% சென்றால் மறுத்தேர்தல் நடத்தப்படும்.

Publisher’s rating: Mix

FACTLYElections & voting

Congress President Rahul Gandhi has called people of ‘Baniya’ community as ‘robbers’ in his election speech during Rajasthan State Assembly Elections 2018.

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerns a newspaper-article clip alleging that Rahul Gandhi called members of the Baniya community “robbers” in an election speech during Rajasthan’s 2018 Assembly elections. FACTLY examined the clip’s authenticity and the allegation it carried. Its review says it searched for newspaper coverage of the alleged remarks and found none; it also reports that media outlets covering Gandhi’s election speeches did not report such a remark. FACTLY further says that a Google search for news about the alleged remarks found no information in print or broadcast media. The review connects the circulating clip to an earlier false item: it says a similar newspaper clip had made the same allegation about BJP president Amit Shah the previous year, and that the clip was later edited to name Rahul Gandhi. On those findings, FACTLY concluded that the claim was false and that the clip was fake. The excerpt describes searches and the lack of reported coverage; it does not identify the purported newspaper, provide the speech recording, or document a direct examination of the original clip’s provenance.

FACTLYElections & voting

If you find that someone has already cast your vote, then ask for “tender vote” and cast your vote.

Publisher’s rating: TRUE

FACTLY assessed the specific claim that an elector whose vote has already been cast by someone else can request a tendered vote. Its review says it consulted the Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961, and cites Section 49P as the governing provision. The review reports that this provision allows the elector to cast a tendered ballot paper vote after satisfactorily answering questions put by the presiding officer. The key qualification is that this is not an ordinary vote cast through the EVM’s balloting unit. FACTLY explicitly distinguishes the tendered ballot paper from voting through that unit. Thus, the claim is supported in the limited sense that a person may cast a tendered vote after the presiding officer’s questions are satisfactorily answered; it should not be read as saying that the elector casts another ordinary EVM vote.

FACTLYElections & voting

If any polling booth records more than 14% tender votes, repolling will be conducted in such poling booth.

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The review addresses the specific claim that a polling booth must be repolled if more than 14% of its votes are tender votes. It says it checked the relevant election rules, including Section 56 of the Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961, which concerns counting votes. The review reports that tendered votes are kept sealed and are not included in the normal counting process; it says they can be counted only on a High Court’s directions. The review also notes that Section 56 contains no provision requiring a repoll when a booth exceeds the stated 14% threshold. On the evidence it describes, the claimed threshold and automatic repoll rule are not established by that section. The review therefore rejects the claim.