![]() ![]() The lists they use to send these mailings do not always have accurate or up-to-date information. This type of mailing will include a Voter Registration Application pre-filled with the name and address of someone the organization believes to reside at your address. Look for the disclaimer at the bottom to identify the organization. Look for the return address on the mailing envelope to identify the organization. These mailings do not come from the Elections Office and we cannot prevent them from sending mail to you. The Voter Participation Center and Center for Voter Information are two of these organizations. Many third-party organizations send mailings that encourage people to register to vote. If you feel a political advertisement is in violation of the law, you may file a complaint with the Florida Elections Commission. Candidates and political committees in Florida are required to follow the campaign finance laws in Chapter 106, Florida Statutes. The Elections Office has no authority to investigate or review political advertisements. Local candidates in Flagler County are offered an opportunity to sign a Statement of Ethical Campaign Practices because Supervisor Lenhart believes that positive campaigning helps promote civility and encourages citizen participation in the electoral process. If you receive a political mailing and want to research the political committee, you can look up the name of the organization listed in the disclaimer in this state database. Negative advertisements have been around for a very long time and unfortunately have become more common in recent years. Negative campaign ads do not encourage people to vote for a candidate based upon their qualifications for office, but instead, they encourage people to vote against a candidate by criticizing them. ![]() Political committees or PACs often send political mail for or against a candidate. This is an example of a political mailing by a candidate: ![]() Political advertising disclaimers differ between Federal and state or local candidates. All of these political mailings are required to have a disclaimer that identifies the group or candidate who paid for the advertisement. Political mail can also come from political parties or political committees, which are also known as "PACs." These political mailings are easy to identify because many of them are oversized postcards with large photos of the candidate. Federal, state, and local candidates send direct mail pieces to voters registered with a political party of their choice, based upon the audience they wish to influence. Most of these mailings occur during an election year and the activity increases as Election Day gets closer. Voters receive many different types of political mail. Election Mail should not be confused with Political Mail, which is any material mailed for campaign purposes by a registered political candidate, campaign committee or committee of a political party, as well as any material mailed by a political action committee or organization engaging in issues advocacy or voter mobilization." The USPS defines Election Mail as, ".any item mailed to or from authorized election officials that enables citizens to participate in the voting process - including ballots, voter registration cards, absentee voting applications and polling place notifications. Mailings from the Elections Office are easy to identify. We also send required notices by mail which will be printed on the Elections Office letterhead and contained within a security envelope with our return mailing address. The vast majority of our mailings will have the "Official Election Mail" logo, as designated by the United States Postal Service. The Elections Office is a nonpartisan administrative agency and the Supervisor of Elections is responsible to conduct fair, accurate, and secure elections. Third-party groups and political organizations use this information to send targeted mail pieces to members of political parties, and this activity is more common during election years.īe sure to look for the Official Election Mail logo located on our mail pieces. Voter registration information is a public record. Did you receive Official Election Mail OR political mail? ![]()
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