The state attorney's office said it found that at least 60 voter registration applications were for dead or unauthorized persons, resulting in the arrest of two Jacksonville men.

Prison records show that Devin Deangelo King was arrested on November 3 and Jordan Rayeshaun Daniels was arrested on November 17 on charges of criminal use of personally identifiable information. Both are 33.

Both the state attorney's office and election supervisor Mike Hogan said that the motivation does not appear to be political, but economic.

"This is a team that works with what we call a third-party organization," Hogan said. "...We don't see any political factors about it. I think this is a greedy person. There is a motive there to let you in as much as possible."

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He said the findings did not indicate any problems with the voting system in Duval County. His staff noticed that these forms — some of the thousands of forms submitted by many groups that register voters and change parties or addresses — do not look correct.

Hogan said: "It just shows that the people who are working through this process are working hard to make sure everything is correct, not just the accuracy of the vote count, but the validity of our voter roll." "You have to work hard to make sure you keep the accuracy. Record, which proves that we can find and eliminate it."

The arrests were made after the sheriff's office and the state attorney's office conducted a joint investigation into identity theft.

The state attorney's office stated that investigators initially met with the election office on August 19 to review inconsistencies in a large number of recent voter registration applications. Such forms contain personally identifiable information, such as name, date of birth, and driver’s license number.

Inconsistencies include mismatched signatures and incorrect personally identifiable information. The state attorney's office said the review revealed that they were initialed by two men.

Investigators contacted many of the people listed on the form. The State Attorney's Office stated that they determined that several applications related to Daniels and King were forged.

Hogan doesn't know which database might be used to look up the names on the registration form, he said there are "so many" to contain this information.

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Hogan recommended that registered voters check their registration status to ensure that all information is up-to-date and accurate, and stated that voter registration and election security are a serious issue and voters must be able to trust this process.

If registered voters find that the registration information is incorrect, please call (904) 255-8683 to contact the supervisor of the election office.

The arrests were announced a few days before the special elections on December 7 to fill the 3 seats in the city council's At-Large group that were recently vacant due to the death of Tommy Hazouri.

The state attorney's office stated that if convicted, King and Daniels will each face a minimum of 10 years of mandatory imprisonment.