Registered Republicans in FL receive hoax letters questioning voter eligibility...

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Residents receiving false letters questioning citizenship, officials say

ORLANDO, Fla. - Officials in Florida have issued a warning about a new trick trying to prevent voters from going to the polls.

Voters are getting letters that look like they are from local elections offices, questioning their citizenship. But Local 6 has learned the letters are fake, and they are going out across Central Florida and other parts of the state.

Officials said the voters who have received the letters thus far are white, registered Republicans who consistently vote in elections.

"This is a major concern," said Seminole County Supervisor of Elections Mike Ertel, who received a letter from a voter mailed from Seattle with no return address. "You should not expect a letter from your elections office saying, 'You're not registered to vote, please don't go to the polls.' That's ridiculous."

The supervisor of elections in Collier County said some residents there have also received hoax letters.

Inside the letter is the resident's supervisor of election's name, the resident's name and address, and a warning that doubts the voter's citizenship, saying the resident is not eligible to vote unless a letter is returned in an enclosed form within 15 days.

Some voters said it's easy to be fooled.

"It looks official," a Central Florida resident said.

"I would think they were full of it because I would ask for someone to prove it," said another voter when showed a copy of the fraudulent letter.

East Naples resident Wayne Hoss said he received his letter on Saturday and immediately knew it was a hoax because he was born in the United States. Hoss says the letter included a form seeking personal information, including his Social Security and driver's license numbers.

Authorities said anyone who receives a similar letter should call the Board of Elections immediately.

The Florida Division of Elections plans to send an alert to elections officials in Florida's 67 counties, warning them about the scam.

Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.

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These hipster liberals sit around all day long scheming up new ways to rig the election. Let those hippies rot in their mom's basement.

[4eyedwillie]

Or the Nigeria Prince needs that info so he knows who will help him with his money problem.

Dude everything isn't a liberal plot....

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Or the Nigeria Prince needs that info so he knows who will help him with his money problem.

Dude everything isn't a liberal plot....

read the article. It wasn't asking for information. It was letting them know they are ineligible to vote, and didn't give any contact information for them try to give them any information.

Dude everything isn't a Nigerian plot.

[Geor!]

Or the Nigeria Prince needs that info so he knows who will help him with his money problem.

Dude everything isn't a liberal plot....

Really, man? How the hell does this have anything to do with money?

[4bangen]

Or the Nigeria Prince needs that info so he knows who will help him with his money problem.

Dude everything isn't a liberal plot....

Not everything is, but this sure was. Who else would benefit from Repubs staying home? Santa?

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Or the Nigeria Prince needs that info so he knows who will help him with his money problem.

Dude everything isn't a liberal plot....

Why would the GOP send it out?

[Ted]

I am voting based strictly on race this year.

[4eyedwillie]

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Residents receiving false letters questioning citizenship, officials say

ORLANDO, Fla. - Officials in Florida have issued a warning about a new trick trying to prevent voters from going to the polls.

Voters are getting letters that look like they are from local elections offices, questioning their citizenship. But Local 6 has learned the letters are fake, and they are going out across Central Florida and other parts of the state.

Officials said the voters who have received the letters thus far are white, registered Republicans who consistently vote in elections.

"This is a major concern," said Seminole County Supervisor of Elections Mike Ertel, who received a letter from a voter mailed from Seattle with no return address. "You should not expect a letter from your elections office saying, 'You're not registered to vote, please don't go to the polls.' That's ridiculous."

The supervisor of elections in Collier County said some residents there have also received hoax letters.

Inside the letter is the resident's supervisor of election's name, the resident's name and address, and a warning that doubts the voter's citizenship, saying the resident is not eligible to vote unless a letter is returned in an enclosed form within 15 days.

Some voters said it's easy to be fooled.

"It looks official," a Central Florida resident said.

"I would think they were full of it because I would ask for someone to prove it," said another voter when showed a copy of the fraudulent letter.

East Naples resident Wayne Hoss said he received his letter on Saturday and immediately knew it was a hoax because he was born in the United States. Hoss says the letter included a form seeking personal information, including his Social Security and driver's license numbers.

Authorities said anyone who receives a similar letter should call the Board of Elections immediately.

The Florida Division of Elections plans to send an alert to elections officials in Florida's 67 counties, warning them about the scam.

Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.

Read the bold parts. It is a phishing letter trying to get ss# and dl#'s for id theft. I can see many people filling the form out with the info to insure they can vote.

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Hopefully this just pushes the Repubs to vote in record #'s!!!

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Read the bold parts. It is a phishing letter trying to get ss# and dl#'s for id theft. I can see many people filling the form out with the info to insure they can vote.

D'OH!!

Didn't see that when I read it.

[Forever_frost]

Waiting for the DOJ to get involved.

[The King]

ORLANDO, Fla. - Officials in Florida have issued a warning about a new trick trying to prevent voters from going to the polls.

Voters are getting letters that look like they are from local elections offices, questioning their citizenship. But Local 6 has learned the letters are fake, and they are going out across Central Florida and other parts of the state.

Officials said the voters who have received the letters thus far are white, registered Republicans who consistently vote in elections.

"This is a major concern," said Seminole County Supervisor of Elections Mike Ertel, who received a letter from a voter mailed from Seattle with no return address. "You should not expect a letter from your elections office saying, 'You're not registered to vote, please don't go to the polls.' That's ridiculous."

The supervisor of elections in Collier County said some residents there have also received hoax letters.

Inside the letter is the resident's supervisor of election's name, the resident's name and address, and a warning that doubts the voter's citizenship, saying the resident is not eligible to vote unless a letter is returned in an enclosed form within 15 days.

Some voters said it's easy to be fooled.

"It looks official," a Central Florida resident said.

"I would think they were full of it because I would ask for someone to prove it," said another voter when showed a copy of the fraudulent letter.

East Naples resident Wayne Hoss said he received his letter on Saturday and immediately knew it was a hoax because he was born in the United States. Hoss says the letter included a form seeking personal information, including his Social Security and driver's license numbers.

Authorities said anyone who receives a similar letter should call the Board of Elections immediately.

The Florida Division of Elections plans to send an alert to elections officials in Florida's 67 counties, warning them about the scam.

Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.

The bolded sentence doesn't read quite right to me. Did a voter presumably registered as a Republican in Seminole County, FL mail a (copy of) the hoax letter from Seattle to Mr. Ertel with no return address?