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¿Pedro Sánchez accede a datos privilegiados del voto por correo?

Does Pedro Sánchez's government get privileged access to postal-vote data ahead of Spain's 29 November election, as a viral 'electoral scandal' video claims?

True, but…

The exclusive data exist; the personal blame of Sánchez and the 'scandal' label overreach.

Partly true. A December 2025 order (PJC/1461/2025) obliges Correos to give the Interior Ministry daily postal-vote data that no other party or the Junta Electoral Central receives, as El Confidencial reported and PP and Vox have complained. But the data are aggregate, do not show how anyone voted, and the headline's personal attribution to Pedro Sánchez is framing.

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Claims

✓ 1 true · ✕ 1 false

Pedro Sánchez and his government have access to privileged, exclusive data on postal voting ahead of the 29 November 2026 general election.134

“Pedro Sánchez accede a datos privilegiados del voto por correo”

~ Partly trueCentral claimHigh confidence

The core is documented. Orden PJC/1461/2025, approved by the Cabinet on 2 December 2025 and published in the BOE on 17 December 2025, requires Correos to report daily to the Interior Ministry on postal-vote applications, delivery of documentation and ballots sent to polling stations, with comparisons to earlier elections, for all elections in 2026. El Confidencial reported that this gives the Government information no other party, and not even the Junta Electoral Central, receives in real time. PP and Vox have asked the Junta to share it. What the evidence does not support is the personal attribution: nothing shows Sánchez handles the data himself, and the order is an administrative instrument signed off by the Cabinet, not a personal arrangement. The word 'escándalo' is the outlet's characterisation, and the PP itself says it does not dispute that Interior receives the data — only that access should be equal. So the exclusive access is real; the picture of one man holding secret vote data is not what the record shows.

Still open: The Interior Ministry had not detailed by 13 November 2026 exactly what format the data take or how they are used.

The Government receives data on the volume, polling stations and destination of postal votes that other parties do not have.35

✓ Likely trueModerate confidence

Maldita.es examined this exact video and confirmed that the order requires daily reporting to Interior on applications, delivery of ballots and shipments to polling stations, with comparative data, and that no other party receives it. That is a direct confirmation of the exclusive-access element. The reason we stop at likely rather than certain is that Maldita could not independently verify the precise format or use of the data, and the Interior Ministry had not answered its questions as of 13 November 2026. Corroboration therefore rests on one specialist fact-check plus the reporting trail around the order, not on a government account of what it does with the figures. The PP's own statement is consistent: it does not deny that Interior receives the data.

Still open: What exactly the Interior Ministry does with the daily figures has not been publicly detailed.

The privileged data give access to how individual citizens voted, or allow the postal vote to be manipulated.36

✕ FalseHigh confidence

The data are aggregate counts of applications, deliveries and ballots shipped. Maldita.es notes that voter identity is handled only by Correos and the Electoral Census Office, that the identification and the ballot travel in separate envelopes, and that the order does not alter the LOREG procedure that protects the secrecy of the ballot. El Confidencial makes the same point: the secrecy of the suffrage remains intact, and nobody knows whom a citizen votes for merely because they requested a postal vote. This matters because it is the implication that turns a dispute about equal access into a claim about stolen votes. The evidence against it is strong and comes from two independent outlets plus the design of the procedure itself. A reader should treat any claim that the order lets anyone see or change a vote as contradicted by the record.

This constitutes an 'electoral scandal' by Pedro Sánchez.46

“Escándalo electoral: Pedro Sánchez accede a datos privilegiados del voto por correo”

– OpinionModerate confidence

'Scandal' is a value judgement, not a fact that can be verified. The underlying order is a legal government instrument, and the opposition's objection as reported is about the exclusivity and equality of access between candidates, not about Interior receiving the data being illegal. El Confidencial adds that there is no evidence the Executive is using the data for partisan purposes. That does not make the concern invented — an asymmetry in access during a campaign is a legitimate subject of complaint, and the Junta Electoral Central is due to rule on it. But labelling the situation a scandal is the outlet's editorial choice, and it bundles a real administrative asymmetry with an accusation of intent that the record does not establish. Readers should separate the two: the order is checkable, the scandal framing is not.

A text-only post: there was no media to test.

What was posted

YouTube

A YouTube video posted by Negocios TV whose title claims a breaking electoral scandal: that Pedro Sánchez has access to privileged postal-vote data. No image, video or transcript was supplied with the submission, so only the title itself could be checked.

“ÚLTIMA HORA | Escándalo electoral: Pedro Sánchez accede a datos privilegiados del voto por correo”

“BREAKING | Electoral scandal: Pedro Sánchez accesses privileged postal-vote data” — translated

Published on YouTube by the channel Negocios TV. The post carries no date, author display or engagement figures in our record.

Who posted it

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@negociostv

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Account check

Looks like a genuine account62%
Likelihood of automation14%

Estimates from public signals — account age, posting pattern, audience — not a judgement of the person behind the account, and separate from whether this post is true.

What stood out

  • Genuine, verified Spanish-language business-news broadcaster: operated by Business Videns SL (Madrid), founded 2020, YouTube channel created 24 Sep 2020 (~6 years old), broadcasting on Movistar+ dial 140 and distributed in Latin America.
  • Real newsroom operation: LinkedIn lists 51–200 employees; named on-air staff (José Antonio Vizner, Manuel Gómez, Raquel Rero, Sergio Fernández Bermejo, Marta Vilar) and regular interviews with fund managers, analysts and politicians.
  • Ownership is politically aligned and non-transparent to its audience: CEO/founder Vizner is Julio Ariza's son-in-law and ex-Intereconomía executive; partners include Ariza's Civitas Firma and Okdiario's publisher Dos Mil Palabras SL, which took the chairmanship of Business Videns in October 2026.
  • Editorial line widely described by Spanish media (infoLibre, El Plural) as ultraliberal / far-right-adjacent, with a documented pivot toward Russia-friendly, NATO-sceptical geopolitical narratives.
  • Format is high-volume, clickbait-driven: ~118,000 uploads, 'BREAKING NEWS' / 'The best is yet to come' style apocalyptic titles and thumbnails; own audience on forums mocks its recurring 'end of the world' claims that never materialise.
  • No formal fact-checker ruling against the account was found, but independent verification of its self-reported audience claims (151M monthly views, 20M users) is absent; some engagement spikes on Russia/Cuba content show patterns consistent with coordinated or highly mobilised commenter networks.
  • Channel itself warns users about impersonating Telegram scam accounts — a common pattern for high-profile channels, not a sign of the account itself being fake.
  • Low automation signal: content is studio-produced, human-presented and consistently branded; no evidence the account itself is a bot or sock-puppet operation.
Signals (12)+
Platform verification
Verified badge, platform YouTube
Subscriber count
2840000
Total video count
118000
Avg views recent
25011
Upload volume per day est
40-55 (mostly clipped livestream segments)
Publisher
Business Videns SL, Madrid (founded May 2021, channel launched 2020)
Key people
José Antonio Vizner (CEO/founder); Julio Ariza family (Civitas Firma, 25%); Dos Mil Palabras SL (Okdiario publisher, chairman since Oct 2026)
Revenue 2024 eur
2470000
Broadcast distribution
Movistar+ dial 140; Mexico cable (Izzi, Total Play); own site negocios.com
Notable news coverage
infoLibre 2026-04-25; El Plural 2026-04-26; Confidencial Digital 2026-10-29; produ.com 2025-03/04 (Americas expansion)
Editorial alignment
Ultraliberal / Spanish far-right media ecosystem; Russia-sympathetic geopolitical framing
Fact check history
No dedicated fact-check debunks found; criticism centres on catastrophism, unverifiable audience claims and partisan framing

Recent posts from this account

Account checked November 14, 2026, 15:08 UTC

Sources

6 sources reviewed

Further reading

  • 3Maldita.es The fact-checker's context piece on this exact video, including what the order requires and what it could not verify.
  • 1El Confidencial The original reporting on the Cabinet order and the exclusive access it creates.
  • 6El Confidencial Explains why the secrecy of the ballot is unaffected by the order.
  • 4El Debate Sets out the PP's position that its complaint is about equal access, not illegality.

The full story

The claim did not come from nowhere. On 2 December 2025 the Spanish Cabinet approved an order setting Correos' public-service obligations for elections. Published in the BOE on 17 December 2025 as Orden PJC/1461/2025, it includes a clause requiring Correos to report daily to the Interior Ministry on postal-vote applications, the delivery of documentation to voters and ballots sent to polling stations, with comparisons to earlier elections. It applies to all elections held during 2026, including the general election called for 29 November 2026.

That produces a genuine asymmetry. El Confidencial reported that the Government, unlike any other party and unlike the Junta Electoral Central, receives real-time data on how postal voting is evolving across the territory. In early November 2026 the PP and Vox asked the Junta Electoral Central to extend the same information to all candidates. The Junta has so far deferred a decision, now expected on 19 November 2026. The PP says it does not dispute that Interior receives the data, only that access should be equal.

So there is a real fact at the centre of the post: exclusive government access to campaign-relevant figures. What the record does not support is the leap from that to a personal scandal involving Pedro Sánchez, or to any suggestion that the data reveal or endanger individual votes. The figures are aggregate. Voter identity is handled by Correos and the Electoral Census Office, identification and ballot travel in separate envelopes, and the order does not change the LOREG rules that protect the secrecy of the ballot. A dispute about who gets to see the numbers became, in the headline, a story about a man and a scandal.

Kernel of truth

A December 2025 government order does give the Interior Ministry daily postal-vote data that no other party or the Junta Electoral Central receives, and the opposition has formally complained about it.

Timeline

  1. December 2, 2025

    The Cabinet approves the order setting Correos' election obligations, including daily postal-vote reporting to the Interior Ministry. 1El Confidencial

  2. December 17, 2025

    The order is published in the BOE as Orden PJC/1461/2025, applying to elections held during 2026. 3Maldita.es

  3. November 2026

    The PP and Vox ask the Junta Electoral Central to give all candidates access to the same postal-vote data. 5Infobae (EFE)

  4. November 13, 2026

    Maldita.es publishes a context piece on this video, noting the Interior Ministry has not detailed what information it receives. 3Maldita.es

  5. November 19, 2026

    The Junta Electoral Central is expected to decide on the parties' request for equal access to the data. 2El Confidencial

How it was framed

Misleading contentFalse connection

The post is built on a real order and a real asymmetry in access, but its headline reframes a general administrative rule as a personal scandal involving Pedro Sánchez and implies an advantage that the aggregate data cannot deliver. The personal attribution and the 'escándalo' label are editorial framing layered onto a genuine fact.

  • Emotional language. The title uses 'ÚLTIMA HORA' and 'Escándalo electoral' to signal urgency and wrongdoing.
  • Missing context. The title does not say that the access comes from a published, general order or that the data are aggregate counts.
  • “Visual proof”. The title presents the claimed access as a settled fact ('accede a datos privilegiados') without naming the order or the source of the data.

Posted on YouTube by the channel Negocios TV. The post carries no date, author display or engagement figures in our record.

Bias

NoneSlightModerateStrong

Leans anti-Sánchez government. The headline presents a legally adopted administrative order as an 'electoral scandal' attributed personally to Pedro Sánchez, presupposing wrongdoing while omitting that the data are aggregate, that vote secrecy is untouched, and that the opposition's complaint is about unequal access rather than illegality.

Bias describes how the post frames its message — the slant of the language, selection and emphasis — and is judged separately from whether the claim is true. A true claim can still be framed with a strong slant.

How we checked

1 min 5 s
  1. 1

    We ran searches in Spanish for the claim, the outlet, the order and the Junta Electoral Central dispute.

  2. 2

    We opened and read Maldita.es's context piece on this exact video.

  3. 3

    We compared the order's reported content with El Confidencial's and EFE-wire reporting on the exclusive access and the parties' complaints.

  4. 4

    We reviewed the stated design of the postal-vote procedure to test the claim that individual votes could be seen.

  5. 5

    No media authenticity assessment was run: the submission is text-only, so the claim rests on the title and the documentary record.

✓ Claim checked– Media not applicable✓ Sources checked

Why 78% confidence

High

The band is HIGH on the central claim because the order's existence and its exclusive-access effect are corroborated by El Confidencial and Maldita.es and are not disputed by the opposition. We did not go higher on the specific framing elements because the Interior Ministry has not detailed the data's format or use, and because 'scandal' is a judgement rather than a verifiable fact.

Limits. We could not verify the exact format or use of the data, the Interior Ministry had not answered Maldita.es's questions, and we assessed only the title because no video content or transcript was supplied.

What we don’t know

  • What precise format the Interior Ministry receives the daily postal-vote data in, and how it uses them.
  • Whether the Junta Electoral Central will order the data shared with all parties at its expected 19 November 2026 decision.
  • Whether the Negocios TV video contained further claims beyond its title, since no transcript or footage was supplied.
  • When the video was posted and whether it was later edited or removed.

Spot it yourself

Find the overstatement

Looks suspicious, isn’t proof

  • The outlet's name and its business-news branding might make you suspect a partisan agenda, but an outlet's identity is a reason to check, not evidence about this claim.
  • The all-caps 'ÚLTIMA HORA' and the word 'escándalo' are alarmist, but alarmist wording alone does not make the underlying fact false.
  • The title names a politician personally, which can feel like proof of intent, but personalisation is a framing choice, not a finding.

The actual evidence

  • The BOE-published order PJC/1461/2025, as described by El Confidencial and Maldita.es, does create exclusive daily postal-vote reporting to the Interior Ministry.
  • Maldita.es, an IFCN- and EFCSN-accredited fact-checker, examined this exact video and confirmed the order while noting it could not verify the data's format or use.
  • The PP's own statement, reported by El Debate, says it does not question Interior receiving the data, which undercuts the 'scandal' framing while confirming the asymmetry.
  • The design of the postal-vote procedure, with identity handled by Correos and the Census Office and separate envelopes, contradicts any claim that the data reveal individual votes.
  1. 1

    Find the legal instrument behind the claim

    Search the BOE for the order number or the ministry acronym ('PJC/1461/2025') to see what the text actually requires, rather than relying on the headline.

  2. 2

    Separate the administrative fact from the personal accusation

    Ask whether the cited rule names the person in the headline, and who signed or approved it. A general order is not a personal arrangement.

  3. 3

    Check what the data can and cannot show

    Look for the specific categories of data described (applications, deliveries, ballots shipped) and whether any source claims they include voters' choices.

  4. 4

    See what the named opponents actually say

    Read the original statement or wire coverage from the party or body involved. Here the PP's demand was about equal access, not about illegality.

  5. 5

    Look for a fact-check on the exact video

    Maldita.es published a context piece citing this video's URL. A fact-check that adds context rather than a false rating usually means the claim is partly grounded.

Takeaway

When a headline turns a general rule into a personal scandal, check the rule first and the person second — the rule is usually real, and the person is usually the overstatement.

Questions people ask

Does Pedro Sánchez personally have access to postal-vote data?+

Nothing in the record shows Sánchez personally handling the data. The access comes from Orden PJC/1461/2025, a Cabinet-approved order obliging Correos to report daily to the Interior Ministry. The order is an administrative instrument, and the headline's personal attribution is framing rather than a documented fact.

Can the Government see how I voted by post?+

No. The data covered are aggregate counts of applications, deliveries and ballots shipped. Voter identity is handled only by Correos and the Electoral Census Office, identification and ballot travel in separate envelopes, and the order does not alter the LOREG rules protecting ballot secrecy, per Maldita.es.

Why are the PP and Vox complaining if the data do not reveal votes?+

They object to unequal access. The PP says it does not dispute that the Interior Ministry receives the data, only that all parties should have the same information during the campaign. The Junta Electoral Central is expected to decide on that request on 19 November 2026.

When did this order come in?+

The Cabinet approved it on 2 December 2025 and it was published in the BOE on 17 December 2025 as Orden PJC/1461/2025. It applies to all elections held during 2026, including the general election called for 29 November 2026.

What does 'context added' mean in a fact-check?+

It means the fact-checker found the claim partly grounded but missing important context, rather than rating it false. Maldita.es took that approach here, confirming the order exists while noting it could not verify the data's format or use. It is a signal to read beyond the headline.

Go deeper

BOE
The Official State Gazette, Spain's official journal where laws and government orders are published.
Orden PJC/1461/2025
The December 2025 ministerial order setting Correos' obligations for elections, including daily postal-vote reporting to the Interior Ministry.
Junta Electoral Central
Spain's central electoral authority, which oversees elections and rules on disputes between parties and the administration.
LOREG
Spain's organic law on the general electoral regime, which sets the rules protecting the secrecy of the ballot.
Aggregate data
Figures combined into totals, such as the number of postal-vote applications, rather than information about identifiable individuals.

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For educators+
Misleading framing: how a real administrative fact becomes a personal scandal through headline wording.Aggregate versus individual data: why counts of applications and ballots do not reveal how anyone voted.Primary sources: using the BOE and the order number to check what a rule actually requires.Fact-check ratings: the difference between a 'false' rating and a 'context' rating.
  • The order is real but the headline blames one person. At what point does accurate information become misleading through framing?
  • If a government has campaign data that other parties do not, is that a scandal, a legitimate administrative need, or something in between? Who should decide?
  • How would you check a claim like this yourself in ten minutes, and which source would you trust most and why?

About this check

Platform
YouTube
Posted by
@negociostv
Posted
November 3, 2026
Age when checked
Older post, still live
Where it spread
Spain
Audience
UK & EU audience
Language
ES
Status
● Post is live
Verified
November 14, 2026, 15:10 UTC
Published
November 14, 2026, 15:10 UTC

Reach. Negocios TV video 'ÚLTIMA HORA | Escándalo electoral: Pedro Sánchez accede a datos privilegiados del voto por correo' had 409,315 views (YouTube page, 14 Nov); Maldita addressed it 13 Nov as campaign opened.

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