Is that election text legit? Where to find info you can trust [View all]

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