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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Duval County elections authoritative tells News4Jax that the two men who are accused of fraudulently trying to registry voters, immoderate of whom had passed away, were mostly trying to registry Democrats arsenic Republicans.

Robert Phillips, main elections adjunct for the Duval County Supervisor of Elections Office, has been moving successful Duval County elections for 30 years. He said Devin King and Jordan Daniels are the archetypal radical helium tin callback successful the country facing charges related to elector fraud.

King and Daniels were arrested successful November. Both are accused of trying to registry much than 60 radical to ballot without their consent, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, and astatine slightest 10 of those would-be voters were deceased.

“We bash cognize that they were registering radical that were Democrats arsenic Republicans, which is 1 of the things that tipped it disconnected due to the fact that it was successful a geographic country that is precise heavy Democratic,” Phillips said.

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He says that wasn’t the lawsuit for each fraudulent application, but it was for astir of them.

“Like much than 80%?” News4Jax asked him.

“Oh, I’d accidental so. Yes,” Phillips replied.

Phillips said different reddish emblem was signatures that didn’t match.

The institution that the men worked for astatine 1 clip -- a petition and canvassing institution called Grassfire -- has denied immoderate involvement.

A spouse with the institution told News4JAX that Daniels and King worked for them for little than a week successful June arsenic petitioners and that the institution has ne'er conducted a elector registration project.

Nearly 100 companies are registered successful Duval County to bash 3rd enactment registration. Grassfire isn’t 1 of them.

“One of the things that happens with respective of these 3rd enactment elector registration groups is the persons mightiness get paid per application,” explained Phillips. “So that gives them immoderate inducement to deliberation they tin astir apt insert respective into the system.”

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Investigators person said that the 60+ applications were caught, but the State Attorney’s Office said it doesn’t cognize however wide the endeavor could be. If you get a caller elector registration paper successful the message and didn’t marque immoderate changes to your status, it should beryllium newsman to the Supervisor of Election’s Office.

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