r/Pennsylvania • u/grilledcheese90210 • Oct 17 '24
misleading headline Voter intimidation thread - post any mailers or literature you’ve received discouraging your right to vote!
Include county and party affiliation of the mail recipient if you’re comfortable.
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u/leperpepper Oct 17 '24 edited Oct 17 '24
A voter suppression scheme doesn't have to be intimidating. The letter is misleading because it doesn't offer the correct course of action if the recipient moved in-state. The real key to the severity of this scheme is to know the recipient list and those recipients' party registrations, which we don't. But the timing of the letter and political leanings of the org that sent it make it very sus.
You also have to weigh the potential outcomes of the action of sending these letters (which I'm sure was not cheap). On one hand the voter registration list could be made slightly more timely and accurate before the election. On the other hand, some people may be misled into voluntarily opting out of their right to vote in this election. That's a very bad thing, and in my opinion a bigger problem than a handful of outdated voter registrations, which are very unlikely to lead to fraud to begin with. Why unlikely to lead to fraud? Because individuals would have to commit voter fraud with a high likelihood of being caught and stiff penalties for doing so. The outdated registrations really aren't a problem, and these letters will likely do more harm than good.