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Claimant: Social Media
Claim: An audit found more than 228,000 invalid or suspicious votes tied to Zohran Mamdani’s 2025 New York City mayoral win.
Rating: MOSTLY FALSE
Explanation: The 228,000 figure was produced by extrapolating from a small voter-registration sample using flawed assumptions and a commercial database. The audit did not identify 228,000 unique unqualified voters or establish that suspicious votes were specifically cast for Mamdani.
Date: 08/20/2026
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Last Updated on August 20, 2026 by Media Bias Fact Check