FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Election officials, concerned about misinformation circulating in cyberspace, have set up a Web site to debunk what they believe are a number of myths facing Kentucky voters.
One holds that voters who wear campaign T-shirts will be turned away from the polls. Another says voters who are behind in child support payments will be arrested if they show up to vote. Neither is true, says Secretary of State Trey Grayson, the state's top election official.
But such myths have become so widespread and so often repeated, Grayson said, that it has become necessary to debunk them. Thus, the creation of the "rumorcontrol" Web page, which has received thousands of hits since it went up last week.
"It seems like in this election cycle, there are a lot of rumors flying around," Grayson said. "Many of the rumors aren't true, aren't completely true, or are misleading."
Because the misinformation is proliferating through e-mail, Grayson said it made sense to use the Internet to combat it.
Katie Gabhart, attorney for the State Board of Elections, agreed.
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