Overview
- Akshaya Hariharan said in a video that at an Adyar polling booth during Thursday's Tamil Nadu elections, records showed her vote already cast with another woman's photo and a fingerprint entry.
- She described waiting at the site, then casting a tender or challenge ballot, and said poll staff did not seal the paper in front of her.
- The actor said she would file a complaint with the Returning Officer after lawyers contacted her, and she added that officials told her the tendered vote would be transported sealed and safe.
- Tender ballots are paper votes used when a voter's name is marked as already voted or their identity is in doubt, and they are kept separate under set procedures for later review.
- Hindustan Times, Mid-day, and Times Now reported her posts, which drew attention alongside high celebrity turnout, and none of the reports cite an official finding confirming fraud.