Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate said voters should be on the lookout for election misinformation after an Iowa voter reportedly received a phone call with incorrect voting instructions.
Pate’s office received information this week that a Mahaska County voter received a call from an out-of-state number. The caller told him that he did not need to return his absentee ballot to his county auditor’s office, but could just register his vote over the phone. Voting over the phone is not possible, and as the voter did not request an absentee ballot, he refused and reported the incident.
The Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the call. Pate asked Iowans who have received similar calls to contact his office.
“That is a clear case of election disinformation, where someone is purposefully trying to mislead Iowa voters,” Pate said in a news release. “We have a great record of clean, fair elections in Iowa and election officials across the state are pushing back on this nonsense.”
Voters cannot cast their ballots by phone. An absentee ballot, which a voter must request, can be returned by mail or in person to their county auditor’s office. Voters can also cast their ballots in person on Election Day.
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