NC Board of Election issues warning of misinformation on mailers

State and local elections officials are sounding the alarm about two mailers with incorrect voting information.
Posted 10/21/2022, 10:32:22 PM Updated 10/22/2022, 12:58:08 AM

EVERY COUNTY AND LAST UNTIL

03:00PM ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER

5TH, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT VOTER

MISINFORMATION, YOU PROBABLY

THINK ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT

SOME OF IT MAY BE SHOWING UP IN

YOUR MAILBOX RIGHT? OUR CAPITOL

BUREAU CHIEF LAURA LESLIE SHOWS

YOU WHAT ELECTION OFFICIALS

ARE WARNING VOTERS TO WATCH

OUT FOR.

>> WHEN WE TALK ABOUT

MISINFORMATION, YOUR MAILBOX,

WE'RE NOT EVEN TALKING ABOUT

THE ATTACK AS YOU'RE PROBABLY

SEEING. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT

BASIC VOTING INFORMATION.

INCORRECT INFORMATION COMING

FROM OFFICIAL LOOKING SOURCES.

THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS

HAS ISSUED A WARNING ABOUT THIS

MAILER FROM THE VOTER EDUCATION

NETWORK THAT WAS SENT OUT

ACROSS THE STATE.

>> IT CLAIMS TO SHOW YOUR

VOTING RECORD, BUT THE

INFORMATION IS FREQUENTLY NOT

CORRECT. IT ALSO INCLUDES THE

PHONE NUMBER OF THE STATE BOARD

OF ELECTIONS AND TELLS YOU TO

CALL THEM TO VERIFY YOUR VOTING

RECORD. STATE ELECTIONS.

DIRECTOR KAREN BRINSON BELL

SAYS THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT PEOPLE

HAVE BEEN DOING.

>> THEY REALLY STARTED POURING

IN YESTERDAY, WHICH WAS THE

START OF EARLY VOTING AND

THAT'S A BUSY DAY, NO MATTER

WHAT, EARLY VOTING IS OUR MOST

POPULAR BOATING THAT THAT IN

NORTH CAROLINA, THE VOTER

EDUCATION NETWORK IS ACTUALLY A

POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

FOUNDED JUST 2 WEEKS AGO BY

JASON FALLS, A FORMER CLEVELAND

COUNTY OFFICIAL AND A COUSIN TO

HOUSE SPEAKER TIM MOORE.

IT'S UNCLEAR WHO'S FUNDING THE

GROUP FALLS DID NOT RESPOND TO

MY CALLS AND EMAILS ASKING FOR

COMMENT. A SPOKESWOMAN FOR

HOUSE SPEAKER MOORE TOLD ME THE

SPEAKER IS NOT INVOLVED IN THE

ORGANIZATION IN ANY WAY.

IN WAYNE COUNTY, A DIFFERENT

BAYLOR TELLS VOTERS WHEN AND

WHERE THEY CAN VOTE EARLY.

BUT THAT INFORMATION IS

INCORRECT. IT'S ACTUALLY FROM

2020, THE SITES AND TIMES ARE

DIFFERENT THIS YEAR. THIS

MAILER CAME FROM THE STATE

REPUBLICAN PARTY AND SEE GOP

SPOKESMAN JEFF MOORE SAID THE

AIR WAS UNINTENTIONAL. THE

INACCURATE DATES ON THE MAILER

WERE AN UNFORTUNATE

TYPOGRAPHICAL AIR. THEY ARE

DATES FROM A PREVIOUS CYCLE.

HE SAID IN A STATEMENT THE

ERROR HAS BEEN CORRECTED AND

ACCURATELY DATED MAILERS ARE

BEING SENT OUT. BELL SAYS THE

BEST WAY TO PROTECT YOURSELF

FROM MISINFORMATION IS TO

DOUBLE. CHECK THE FACTS AT THE

STATE ELECTIONS BOARD WEBSITE.

>> THE SOURCE TO ITS NOT FROM

THE COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS

OR THE STATE BOARD OF

ELECTIONS. WE ASK THAT PEOPLE

CHECK OUT OUR INFORMATION ON NC

SPE LAURA LESLIE WRAL

NEWS, RALEIGH.

>> NOW, IF YOU'VE RECEIVED A

MAILER YOU THINK IS INCORRECT

OR SUSPICIOUS. LET US KNOW

ABOUT IT. GO TO WRAL DOT COM

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