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TexasTowelie

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Sun Oct 11, 2020, 12:09 AM Oct 2020

Suspicious Text Sent To Local Democratic Voters Over Mail-In Ballots [View all]

As early ballots arrived in mailboxes across Pima County this week, registered Democrats are concerned about a suspicious text alerting voters they’re not registered as permanent mail voters—when in fact, they are.

The Pima County Recorder's Office even issued a warning to not open the text’s link to a Vote.org page on their Twitter account Thursday, Oct. 8, suspecting it could be fraudulent.

Registered Democrat Kristi Williams was perplexed by the text she received around 3 p.m. on Thursday saying she was not a permanent mail voter. When she opened her mailbox moments later, there sat the sage green envelope containing her early ballot.

“I was confused at first. I’ve been doing early voting for many years so I was shocked by the text,” Williams said. “I was also worried after seeing the link in the text that someone was trying to fish for information and trying to make it so my vote didn’t count.

Read more: https://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2020/10/09/suspicious-text-sent-to-local-dem-voters-over-mail-in-ballots

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