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Commenters allege mass text told voters the election was canceled, call it "election fraud"
Summary
During public comment at a meeting, two commenters said an individual sent a mass text to voters claiming an election was canceled, alleged the sender impersonated the political party and called the action "election fraud." No prosecution or formal action was reported in the discussion.
Commenter 1, a public commenter, said an individual sent a mass text to “all the voters saying that the the the election was canceled.”
The remark came during public comment at a meeting; Commenter 2 responded that the message amounted to criminal behavior. “Yeah. He engaged in in my opinion, he engaged in election fraud,” Commenter 2 said. Commenter 1 added, “That is election fraud.”
Commenters said the sender appeared to be impersonating a political party. “He actually was impersonating, the party. And so it appeared as though the party was informing people of canceling caucus or something,” Commenter 2 said, adding that the same individual and group later criticized turnout. Commenter 2 also alleged substantial spending tied to the effort: “It’s like, you spent how many tens of thousands of dollars engaged in portraying yourself as the party to sow misinformation.”
One commenter said they did not know whether the person had been prosecuted. “And he wasn't prosecuted for that? You can't bring him up on that? I can't comment on that,” Commenter 1 said; later Commenter 1 again said, “I can't comment on that. Oh, I hope it's in process.”
The exchange recorded no formal actions, motions or votes by the meeting body related to the allegation. The claims in the public comment focused on the content of the text message (that it said the election was canceled), the allegation of impersonation of a party, and the suggestion that the sender’s spending contributed to confusion about turnout.
No specific individual, political party name, jurisdiction, prosecuting authority or date for the alleged text was provided in the comments, and meeting minutes or other formal records were not cited during the remarks.
