With the general election less than two weeks away, officials are warning people to beware of fraudulent messages advising them they can vote by phone, and Mecklenburg election workers are recalibrating touch-screen voting machines that allegedly recorded the wrong vote.

“There are always these attempts at providing disinformation to folks,” said Johnnie McLean, deputy director of the State Board of Elections.

McLean said allegations of such misbehavior are starting sooner than normal. “We have seen earlier reports of these types of misinformation sound bytes,” she said.

McLean said that when the Board of Elections receives reports of misleading information being distributed, such as calls telling people they can vote by phone (you can’t), they try to trace the source. Usually that’s hard to do, but if the board locates the source, they ask them to stop.

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