I-TEAM: Jacksonville woman says she was target of voter fraud

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The I-TEAM has uncovered caller documents showing that the idiosyncratic who dropped disconnected elector registration applications investigators recovered to beryllium fraudulent was moving connected behalf of the Republican Party of Florida -- but not immoderate more.

The accusation was revealed successful a log of radical the I-TEAM obtained from the Supervisor of Elections Office. It lists who dropped disconnected elector registration applications for different radical astatine the SOE’s bureau during the summer, erstwhile investigators accidental these crimes were reported.

About a period ago, Cytrice King says, she came location to find the paper of an researcher from the State Attorney’s office.

“The feline was like, yeah, we’re doing an probe connected elector fraud. He was like, I deliberation you (were) 1 of the radical that was utilized connected elector fraud,” King said.

She was skeptical, but past they sent her a elector registration exertion dated July 2.

“I’d seen that idiosyncratic had really utilized my name, my address, my day of commencement -- really signed my signature,” King said.

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But different idiosyncratic accusation was missing, and the signatures didn’t match.

Court records amusement King is 1 of dozens of radical targeted successful a elector fraud cognition implicit the summer.

Jordan Daniels and Devin King, who is not related to Cytrice King, are charged with transgression usage of idiosyncratic information. They’re accused of trying to registry much than 60 radical to ballot without their consent. The State Attorney’s Office says immoderate of those radical were dead.

The State Attorney’s Office said it appears Daniels and King were motivated by idiosyncratic monetary summation alternatively than governmental purposes.

According to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, elections unit noticed inconsistencies successful a “large number” of applications turned successful done a 3rd party.

“But they didn’t cognize my mother’s maiden sanction and worldly similar that,” Cytrice King said. “So they accidental that’s what acceptable disconnected a reddish flag.”

It’s lawful for 3rd parties to behaviour elector registration drives. When 3rd parties taxable different people’s elector registration applications, they indispensable beryllium registered and manus present them.

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According to JSO, an elections authoritative learned a pistillate named Jernise Mitchell had dropped of the suspicious applications.

News4JAX obtained the log that lists who dropped disconnected 3rd enactment elector registration applications this summertime and for whom they were working. It shows Jernise Mitchell dropped disconnected much than 600 applications successful 2 batches this summer.

On July 2, it shows Mitchell dropped disconnected 338 applications arsenic a typical of the “Republican Party of FL.” Duval Dems was besides written, but crossed out. Records amusement the ID fig associated with the applications matches that of the Republican Party of Florida.

According to the log, Mitchell dropped different 300+ applications 10 days later, besides with the ID codification for the Republican Party of Florida.

The JSO study shows erstwhile the elections authoritative questioned Mitchell astir the suspicious applications, she said they were collected by her employees, Devin King and Jordan Daniels.

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The I-TEAM has attempted to interaction Mitchell aggregate times. A petition for remark has not been returned. Our petition for Mitchell’s broadside of the communicative remains open.

A fewer weeks ago, an elections authoritative told the I-TEAM that astir of the applications were trying to registry Democrats arsenic Republicans. In Cytrice King’s case, nary enactment was checked.

The authorities GOP looked into the case.

In a statement, the manager of the Republican Party of Florida said: “Two employees of a subcontractor who were performing constricted elector registration services successful Duval County were discovered past summertime to person acted inappropriately and against RPOF standards.”

According to the director, the employees were instantly fired by the subcontractor, and arsenic soon arsenic the enactment learned astir the incident, it instantly terminated its narration with the subcontractor.

The connection goes connected to say, “The RPOF conducts its elector registration operations successful accordance with each applicable laws and regulations. Anyone failing to conscionable our precocious standards for elector registration is instantly terminated.”

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Cytrice King said she’s gladsome she called the researcher who near their card.

It’s not wide however people’s accusation mightiness person been compromised. The State Attorney’s Office said determination could beryllium much victims.

You tin cheque your presumption connected the Duval County Supervisor of Elections website to marque definite everything is accurate.

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