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Election mailers confuse voters, Clay County warns

An elections worker stamps a vote-by-mail ballot on Oct. 26, 2020, in Doral.
Lynne Sladky
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AP file
An elections worker stamps a vote-by-mail ballot on Oct. 26, 2020, in Doral.

Florida voters have been receiving postcards that promote the Democratic Party and vote-by-mail balloting.

A sample card emailed to voters.
Randy Roguski
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Clay County elections office
A sample card emailed to voters.

The cards have created confusion and complaints as they arrive at the homes of voters who are not registered Democrats, according to the Clay County elections office.

Although the postcards include the website and phone number of the elections office, they are coming from a third party, apparently a group called Postcards to Voters.

Postcards to Voters is a group of more than 75,000 volunteers who send handwritten reminders to voters in key races coast to coast, according to the group's website.

"While these postcards may be unwelcome, we stress the fact they are from a third party and not from our office," the Clay County elections office said.

Elections officials remind Clay County voters they can review their registration information and make changes at clayelections.gov.

Randy comes to Jacksonville from the South Florida Sun Sentinel, where, as metro editor, he led investigative coverage of the Parkland school shooting that won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for public service. He has spent more than 40 years in reporting and editing positions in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Ohio and Florida. You can reach Randy at rroguski@wjct.org or on Twitter, @rroguski.