(Vanity) Democratic "Center For Voter Information" Is Harassing My Wife Through the Mail

Mail from "Center For Voter Information" ^ | Nov 1, 2018 | Myself

[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!

[Roccus]

Don’t matter where ya live.
Ain’t no “authority” gonna do anything.

[NTHockey]

IF they call, tell them “This call is being recorded for quality control purposes”. Bet you won’t get any more calls.

[trebb]

Don’t wait for another letter - take the ones you have to the Board.

[BubbaBasher]

LOL! How'd you know? Have you been looking in my trashcan?

I noticed yesterday that AARP has stopped putting their logo on the envelope. I had to open it before it went in the trash.

[JimRed]

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!

Notify the BOE NOW! Don't wait for another letter.

[VastRWCon]

My girl got one of those the other day, she threw it in my shred pile.

[dayglored]

> I noticed yesterday that AARP has stopped putting their logo on the envelope. I had to open it before it went in the trash.

Yeah, sneaky bassturds, they are.

Next they'll start using those fancy pseudo-FedEx "RUSH! Priority Overnight!" cardboard envelopes, like the used car sales outfits...

[Intolerant in NJ]

What exactly is intimidating?

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.

That exactly is what's intimidating - the idea the people somewhere are checking up on her voting record, that her record is being compared to others, that she will be getting phone calls approving or not approving how she voted - suitable for a totalitarian state - not for a free country......

[Suffragette]

I received the same mailer. I looked up the 3 claims and they were not really true. So I looked at the website and it had a DC address on the site but a Trenton address on the mailer. The site did not have a traditional footer that denotes legit info.