The state of Kansas is located in the north-central part of the country. Kansas' top elections official warned voters Monday that text messages from outside the state were giving them incorrect information about where to vote.
Several Democrats said they heard about the text messages on Sunday. Voto Latino or Black Voters Matter sent each message with the address of a voting site and a picture of a building. In some cases, the person already had voted; in others, people couldn't vote in advance at the listed site, but not on election day.
In addition to Illinois, New Jersey, North Carolina and Virginia, texts went to voters in other states as well.
Democrats in Kansas were worried that a campaign of misinformation would try to prevent their votes from being counted. The Secretary of State in Kansas said that voters should be on high alert.
Voting futures said in follow up texts that their information may not have been correct. Voto Latino said the problem was a vendor'sdatabase issue and that voters would receive corrected information.
The texts had not been endorsed by the group.
Black Voters Matter apologized for the confusion caused by the text messages. The last thing we want is for our outreach to be confused with fake news.
Voto Latino and Black Voters Matter have received correction texts from movement labs.
People don't have to request a mail ballot if they want to vote in person. Mail ballots can still be counted if they are received in election offices by November 14.
Democrats and abortion rights advocates have been watching for misinformation after misleading text messages went to voters on the eve of a statewide vote. Voters were told that a yes vote would protect abortion rights.
In a statement, he said that his office doesn't use third parties to send information to voters and urged them to go to the VoteKansas.gov website if they have questions.
Voters across the state received text messages from the three groups about where they could vote.
The Kansas House Democrats' communications director, who received two of the texts Sunday, said voting should be accessible to people and straight forward. It should be empowering to cast your ballot.
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