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RandySF

(79,020 posts) Fri Oct 31, 2025, 01:18 AM 7 hrs ago

Is that election text legit? Where to find info you can trust

This week voters across California received a suspicious text message saying they’d failed to turn in their ballots for the Nov. 4 statewide special election on redistricting.

The message may appear official. It includes the voter’s name and address and links to an official website providing information on early voting and vote-by-mall ballot drop-off locations.

But it’s not from the state, and officials urge caution.

The office of the California secretary of state received numerous reports from voters of “inaccurate text messages from Ballot Now,” according to a news release.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-10-30/scam-text-to-voters-what-to-look-out-for-ahead-of-nov-4

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Is that election text legit? Where to find info you can trust (Original Post) RandySF 7 hrs ago OP

Honestly, I suspect a lot of people need reminding. I'm assuming they are saying file a legitimate ballot Silent Type 7 hrs ago #1

Silent Type

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1. Honestly, I suspect a lot of people need reminding. I'm assuming they are saying file a legitimate ballot

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Fri Oct 31, 2025, 01:35 AM

7 hrs ago

at a legitimate drop box. Also assuming no persuasive narrative one way or other, just vote people.

Can’t read article beyond OP.

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