In a 2025 special election, a ballot was sent to a woman in Reseda who had died in 1994.
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The John Phillips ShowOct 17, 2026
The post says a woman in "Receta" was sent a ballot in the 2025 special election and died in 1994; the extracted claim names "Reseda" instead, which the passage never says, so the claim departs from the passage. None of the sources mention this woman, Receta, or Reseda, so the specific incident cannot be confirmed or refuted.
What was said
… that's a fraudulently cast ballot, and when you allow stacks and stacks and stacks of ballots to pile up in apartment building after apartment building after apartment building, don't try to tell me that everyone's on the up and up and no fraud occurs. You remember in the 2025 special election when a woman in Receta was sent a ballot, and that woman died in 1994, I believe it. When I lived in my house, the first house I ever bought, the house was empty for, I think it was, seven months prior to me purchasing it and moving in. I lived there for, I think it was something like, I don't know, seven years. …
The John Phillips Show · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Context. The claimant's passage refers to a woman in "Receta," not Reseda, so the extracted claim adds a place name the post never states.
Context. Sources on California's 2025 statewide special election describe how mailed ballots for deceased or departed voters should be reported and returned, but none addresses this specific individual.[2][3]
Context. The sources do not address the specific incident of a ballot sent to a deceased woman in the 2025 special election, so they give no directional signal on it.[1][2][4][5]
Sources
5 sources: 1 fact-checker, 4 primary
- 1Elections: October 2025 | Lead Storiesleadstories.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Voter FAQs Updated for November 4, 2025slocounty.ca.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 3Voter FAQseac.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 4Advisories to County Elections Officials - September 2025sos.ca.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 5Official Voter Information Guide | California Secretary of Statevigarchive.sos.ca.gov · primary source · cited for: context
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