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CROWN POINT — State police and local election officials said early Monday they were investigating who is sending misleading texts to voters across Northwest Indiana.

Pat Gabrione, the ranking Republican member of the Lake County elections board staff, said Monday he has heard of voters receiving messages through social media directing voters on Election Day to polling place outside their home communities.

"We've heard of texts that were sending Gary voters to Lowell, and to people in Rensselaer (Jasper County) to Gary," Gabrione said.

Indiana State Police 1st Sgt. Al Williamson said Monday: "We have a complaint from one individual who got the text. It has happened in LaPorte County as well. The number doesn't come back to anyone. It's just a blank text on social media; says bring your photo ID to vote, and I'll call you back to see how it turned out."

Williamson said he also is trying to track a second text that allegedly directed a voter to a polling place outside their precinct.

Drew Anderson, communications director for the Indiana Democratic Party, said Monday afternoon his party did send erroneous texts with wrong polling place locations, but not to Northwest Indiana.