A photo being shared on X claims that a Kentucky voter was unable to vote for Donald Trump because he was not on the ballot. He shows a phone camera’s photo of an electronic voting machine that has four different candidates but not Donald Trump, and the post states “Voting machines not even letting you select Donald Trump and somehow, on some of these machines, Donald Trump isn’t even on the ballot.”

That text is misleading, however. If the voter had touched the “more” option under the Stein/Rudolph Ware ticket, they would have seen the Trump/Vance option and had been able to vote for it.  Some states list candidates in alphabetical order, and “Trump” comes naturally after the other four tickets, which are headed by Harris, Robert F. Kennedy, Chase Oliver and Jill Stein.

According to Newsweek, this post originated from a voter in California angry that all candidates are not listed on the same page. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) reposted it, adding that Kennedy is still on the ballot despite dropping out months ago.

California utilizes a “randomized alphabet” approach to listing candidates, as they perform a random drawing of letters 82 days before an election to determine the order on the ballot.