INFORMATION FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA. SUMMER: WESH 2’S AMANDA DUKES REPORTS ALMOST ANYONE CAN DO IT. AMANDA: THE FACT THAT VOTERS RIGHT HERE CENTRAL FLORIDA RECEIVED INTIMIDATING EMAILS MEANT TO INTERFERE WITH THE ELECTION HAS SOME QUESTIONING HOW THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED. THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS IT’S A MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD. DEMOCRATIC VOTERS IN AT LEAST FOUR STATES, INCLUDING FLORIDA. RECEIVED THREATENING EMAILS, CLAIMING TO BE FROM THE FAR-RIGHT GROUP PROUD BOYS, THAT WARNED, "WE WILL COME AFTER YOU IF THE RECIPIENTS DIDN’T VOTE FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP." THE FBI SAYS THE EMAILS APPEAR TO HAVE ORIGINATED IN IRAN AND THE SENDER POSTS THE VOTER’S FULL NAME AND ADDRESS. VOTER REGISTRATION IS A MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD AND FAIRLY EASY TO OBTAIN. PAUL BISCHOFF IS A CONSUMER PRIVACY EXPERT. >> A LOT OF STATES MAKE THEIR -- INCLUDING FLORIDA -- MAKE THEIR VOTER LISTS COMPLETELY PUBLIC. THAT INCLUDES NAMES, ADDRESSES, A LOT OF TIMES GENDER, RACE, OTHER CONTACT INFORMATION, SOMETIMES PHONE NUMBERS, AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, WITH VERY FEW RESTRICTIONS ON HOW THAT DATA CAN BE USED. AMANDA: THIS WEEK, THE FBI ASSURED THE PUBLIC THAT THE VOTING PROCESS IS SAFE AND SECURE AND THE RECORD OF HOW AN INDIVIDUAL VOTES REMAINS PRIVATE. HOWEVER, IT IS A FACT THAT A VOTERS’ PERSONAL CONTACT INFORMATION IS EASY TO ACCESS, AND BICHOFF SAYS THERE ARE ARGUMENTS ON BOTH SIDES WHEN IT COMES TO CONCERNS ABOUT PRIVACY. >> THERE’S ISSUES WITH THAT FROM A PRIVACY PERSPECTIVE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU DON’T WANT TO REDUCE VOTER PARTICIPATION AND YOU WANT ELECTIONS TO BE TRANSPARENT. PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO IN AND AUDIT THEM AND MAKE SURE REAL PEOPLE ARE REGISTERING TO VOTE, SO THERE’S A BALANCE TO BE HAD. AMANDA DUKES, WESH 2 NEWS. JIM: LEADERS IN ALACHUA, BREVARD, CITRUS, AND COLLIER COUNTIES HAVE ALSO REPORTED CASES OF THESE THREATENING EMAILS TO THE FBI. THE FEDERAL JOINT TERRORISM TASK FORCE SAYS IT IS LOOKING INT