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Adenoid_Hynkel

(14,093 posts)
Wed Apr 23, 2014, 01:27 AM Apr 2014

W.Va. SOS Calls Conservative Group's (Koch Bros) Voter Registration Mailing "Misleading"

Source: WCHS

The West Virginia secretary of state is calling an Americans for Prosperity mailing about voter registration "misleading" and "confusing."

The mailer says the recipient only has a few days to register to vote at his or her current address. It includes a voter registration card and prepaid envelope.

Democratic Secretary of State Natalie Tennant said people have to update their registration only if they move, change their name, or want to switch political parties. Tennant said legitimate contact will only come from county election clerks, not third-party groups.

“If you have not moved, changed your name, or switched political parties, then you should throw this mailer into the trash because your voter registration is still valid,” Tennant said in a news release. “We were made aware of this situation because there was a large number of confused citizens calling our office and the offices of county clerks asking questions about why they had to update their voter registration information. The secretary of state’s office did not send this mailer, and it did not come from county clerks. We don’t know what the purpose of the mailer is but we do know that it is confusing citizens.”

Read more: http://wchstv.com/newsroom/eyewitness/140422_24865.shtml



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W.Va. SOS Calls Conservative Group's (Koch Bros) Voter Registration Mailing "Misleading" (Original Post) Adenoid_Hynkel Apr 2014 OP
HOLY CRAP, elleng Apr 2014 #1
Thanks for posting this. I'm sure we'll see it in NC too. nt octoberlib Apr 2014 #2
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D) is retiring from the Senateat this year, and No Vested Interest Apr 2014 #3
Every Democrat in Congress should be out talking this up. QuestForSense Apr 2014 #4
Damn right. elleng Apr 2014 #5
Label the Kochs for what they are, UN-American! Dustlawyer Apr 2014 #6
kicking for exposure--n/t Tanuki Apr 2014 #7
Dirty tricks are all the right wing has left. greatlaurel Apr 2014 #8

elleng

(130,893 posts)
1. HOLY CRAP,
Wed Apr 23, 2014, 01:30 AM
Apr 2014

those s.o.bs are trying to cause voting problems in states that are NOT playing repug games!

They will stop at NOTHING!

No Vested Interest

(5,166 posts)
3. Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D) is retiring from the Senateat this year, and
Wed Apr 23, 2014, 02:09 AM
Apr 2014

The Republicans are looking to pick up his Senate seat by electing Congresswoman Shelley Moore-Capito (R) to replace him.
You can be sure the Repubs will spend and do whatever they think is necessary to win that Senate seat.

QuestForSense

(653 posts)
4. Every Democrat in Congress should be out talking this up.
Wed Apr 23, 2014, 02:46 AM
Apr 2014

Without them, the silence of the mainstream media will be deafening.

greatlaurel

(2,004 posts)
8. Dirty tricks are all the right wing has left.
Wed Apr 23, 2014, 11:26 AM
Apr 2014

The vast majority of people are waking up. The only question is how much can they suppress the vote. That is the only way they can win.

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