Voter eligibility letters purporting to be from local supervisors-of-elections have been mailed to people in more than 20 Florida counties, including Duval. The letters may look official but there are a number of ways to tell they're bogus.
The fraudulent letters inform registered voters that they may not be eligible to vote in this election, and that if they don’t send in the accompanying form within 15 days, their names will be crossed off the rolls. Duval County Supervisor of Elections Jerry Holland says there are a number of things about these letters that scream “fake”.
"This type of mail would be sent out by our office as certified mail”, said Holland. “We would not send out a letter questioning your eligibility as a first class letter. This letter is not signed by the Supervisor of Elections. It's not on official letterhead. And, the envelope is coming from Seattle, Washington."
Holland urges anyone who’s gotten one of these letters to notify the Supervisor-of-Elections office. Not only are they being investigated by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Holland says, but the federal government is looking in to them as possible mail fraud.