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Illinois Officials: No Machine Can Show The 'Rigged' Message
A viral video said a Cook County ballot screen flagged a Republican pick as unpopular. Big X accounts called it rigging.
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Wall Street Apes: "American went to vote in Illinois, she says when selecting the conservative candidate the screen displays a message that says “people are not typically choosing this person, exclamation mark” … It’s RIGGED."
Wall Street Apes on X, October 20, 2026, 7:00 a.m. EDT · Original
The TruthThe Illinois elections board says no voting machine in the state can display that message. The real notice reads "This contest is undervoted!" and appears when a voter makes fewer picks than a race allows. The race she named has no Republican candidates.
The Text"Indicate to the voter when no selection, or an insufficient number of selections, has been made for a contest (e.g., undervotes)"
Source: Voluntary Voting System Guidelines, Version 1.0, Volume I (2005), Volume I, Section 2.3.3.3(e). Retrieved 2026-11-03.