PEORIA, Ill. – If you’ve received a text message about your election polling place in Peoria County, don’t believe it.
That’s according to the Peoria County Election Commission.
Executive Director Elizabeth Gannon says because a local voter received such a text message, that person called the election commission to verity her polling place, which she says was the right thing.
“If you are unsure of your Polling Place for Election Day, feel free to call the office, we are happy to assist,” said Gannon, in a news release.
In the county-issued news release, “Movement Labs” is to blame, who apparently sent texts including addresses and images of drop box locations in an attempt to encourage people to vote early, even though the texts never said that.
Under state law, using deception to knowingly prevent a person from voting is a Class-Four felony.
More, including the official polling place information, can be found by CLICKING HERE.
“In some of our texts, we sent addresses and images of drop-box locations when we intended only to include in-person early vote locations. We didn’t specify in our text that we were trying to encourage voters to vote early. Some voters familiar with their election day location thought we were telling them to vote on election day at an early vote location. “…We fell short of our rigorous standards with these errors.” — Yoni Landeau, Movement Labs
