CRESTVIEW — The Okaloosa County Supervisor of Elections Office is not making automated phone calls to area residents, SOE officials stated June 9 in a media release.
The office has received multiple reports of voters getting automated phone calls pertaining to requesting absentee or vote-by-mail ballots.
The release states, "At some point during the call, voters are connected to the SOE Office.
"Neither the Supervisor of Elections Office nor any representative service is conducting these calls.
"The voter information used in these calls has not been distributed by the SOE office to any third parties."
For more information, contact the SOE headquarters, 689-5600; or the branch office, 651-7272.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Automated absentee ballot calls not coming from Okaloosa elections office