# Fake election polls expose a Kalshi loophole that could leave traders paying for fraud

https://mins.news/en/item/112559

- CryptoSlate, 2026-10-23 10:50 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://cryptoslate.com/kalshi-election-betting-rules-expose-a-data-integrity-question-after-fake-poll-scandal/

> Polling firm Wedgewood admitted on Oct. 20 that it fabricated most of its election surveys. VoteHub, an aggregator that carried those results, also supplies data for recurring Kalshi contracts. Kalshi’s September 2025 regulatory filing lists VoteHub as the source agency and refers to possible revisions to the underlying data.