Marion County Clerk combats false social media claims about marked voting ballots

INDIANAPOLIS — Marion County Clerk Kate Sweeney Bell announced that county election officials are pushing back against viral social media posts falsely claiming that ballots marked by poll workers will be disqualified.

“There’s a social media post that’s been floating around since 2020; it states that any mark on a ballot will disqualify that ballot, and that’s simply not true,” Bell said.

Bell noted that such misleading claims often originate from foreign operatives…

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