Posted on 11/01/2018 6:33:25 PM PDT by dayglored
Note: Over 13 years an active FReeper and after posting 528 threads and 17,332 replies, this is my first vanity.
A week ago my wife received the first of a series of postal mailings from the "Center for Voter Information", purporting to be from a "Lionel Dripps" (I'm not making this up).
It was addressed to my wife's MAIDEN name (we've been married almost three years). That was odd.
It was postmarked from an official-looking address in Albany (we're in New York), its information was based on public voter registration and voting records, and it told her to vote in the upcoming election. Okay, buddy, thanks for the reminder, right?
Except that it also said they were going to call her to check up and find out why she voted (or didn't). That was unsettling.
Then a few days later a second letter arrived, and this one was much more direct, even somewhat arrogant. And again, the warning about how they're going to call and find out whether she voted and other personal and private information.
Then today a third letter arrived, and this one was a "Voting Report Card for {her name}", with a list of recent elections and whether she had voted or not, and a bar graph rating her "Voting Score" and comparing it to others in our area. And again the warning about a phone call to check up on her.
Now she (and I) are getting aggravated. This is harassment! Who needs this cr@p in the mail, over and over?!?
So we decided to do a little research on the Internet. And guess what? This "Center for Voter Information" is an organization that targets young people, African-Americans, Latinos, and -- you guessed it -- unmarried women. Which is why her maiden name showed up.
What is common among those groups? They all lean Left -- Democrat.
And guess what else? Lionel Dripps and his Center for Voter Information, although they claim to be non-partisan and unbiased, are progressive Leftists -- it's all over their webpages, if you read them (google "center for voter information lionel dripps")
We also learned that in many states, this organization is accused of a variety of near-fraudulent mailings (registration forms, absentee ballots, etc.) many of which have errors in the names -- which means they're probably trolling for extra-legal votes. Standard Democrat tactics, going back decades.
Now we're pi$$ed off, and are going to notify the local Board of Elections if another letter arrives -- we can only guess what that one will say!
So my question to my fellow FReepers is: "What do you know about this organization and this creep Lionel Dripps? Have you received letters like this, or been sent forms that aren't from state officials, but instead from this third-party organization?"You might say this is just dirty politics, which being from Democrats doesn't surprise me, but the personal harassment and threats are over the freakin' line!
Lemme know what you think, and especially if you have more information on these b@st@rds!
bttt
They were pulling this crap last election. Intimidating voters by threatening to expose their voting record. Looking up someone’s voting record is not illegal.
We received 3 (all the same - 3 voters) info cards from this group. I didn’t notice any threats to call us about voting or after voting, but I just read about the first 3 or 4 lines and put them in the recycling. I believe it had info nuggets about local races/candidates.
They have this thing now called trash. Many municipalities will haul it from your property regularly for a fee.
As long as it’s only mail, you can just ignore it.
If they actually call, just hang up on them.
“Sorry, not interested” click.
Don’t let such idiots upset you. They are not worth it.
Just be sure to vote, as YOU want to.
Good luck.
Why wait for a fourth letter? You've gotten three already. Report them now.
The card had a number to call if "I wanted to be removed from the study". The whole thing was so shady, I shredded it immediately instead of investigating further.
What he is trying to point out is this group is trying to scare people into voting Democrat. This is why they are targeting minorities and single women. White men just toss this junk main in the trash next to all the letters from AARP.
Great link, great info page, thanks!
Precisely!
> ...in the trash next to all the letters from AARP.
LOL! How'd you know? Have you been looking in my trashcan? :-)
Good point. We're certainly energized enough already to do so...
I am not a minority or female and I have been getting annoying texts from some R group telling me I better get out and vote.
I was probably voting before a whole lot of these people pestering me were born...and frankly am getting weeweed off about them.
As far as I am concerned, I treat this the same as the OTHER unsolicited calls I get on a daily basis.
I know, I don’t have to answer them BUT still my ‘alarm’ goes off
Drive me NOT to vote......
That is quite true. At the same time, using that information to harass someone repeatedly is not right. Especially since they're lying about their motives.
Mail it back to them with a big swastika and a burning cross drawn on it and enclose a printout of an Aryan Nation pamphlet from the internet. That should put a stop to that.
I see that some folks have counseled you to throw the letters in the trash, but those letters contain implied threats, which should prompt an investigation or cease-and-desist from the authorities.
They really shouldn’t be allowed to get away with that.
The more junk mail I get from politicians, the more it makes me not vote for them.
That's the one! How dare they!!
> The card had a number to call if "I wanted to be removed from the study"...
And do you believe they'll actually remove you from their list? If so, I have this bridge... :-)
> The whole thing was so shady, I shredded it immediately instead of investigating further.
Yep! "Shady" is the word I said to my wife when she showed me these letters. And she has really good radar when it comes to scams. She was all over this one.
I agree.
I relayed your comment (above) to my wife, who said, "Please write back to Windflier and say, 'Thank you so much for your support!'"
Thank you so much for your support!
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