Midterm Voter Intimidation Is Actively Happening in Florida

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Midterm Voter Intimidation Is Actively Happening in Florida

I am a resident of Broward County, Florida. I live in the city of Plantation where a local man was recently arrested for targeting 13 people who are politicians and/or political supporters. He had sent homemade bombs to them in the mail. I live just over 12 miles away and on the same road as Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where 17 people were shot, murdered in cold blood. This is my neighborhood.

Like many registered voters in Florida, I have received a barrage of text messages to my phone this election season. This is the first election that I remember receiving such texts. At first I didn’t think much of the phenomenon. But when they kept coming I started to get agitated. That’s when I began to reply to the messages.

“Please Stop"


Further in the article,

But just as I had this glimpse of hope for this new technological phenomenon, something else happened. Today, the day before the election, I received a different kind of text. And this one was meant to intimidate me. It read: “Public Records will show whether you vote in this election or not. You and your neighbors can look up who voted. Be sure to vote: BeAVoterInFlorida.com”

If you type that web address into your browser you will be redirected to a clubforgrowth.org which is a site for “Fiscal conservatives on a mission: Winning Freedom. Electing Champions.” If look the group up on Wikipedia you’ll see that Club for Growth is a Political Action Committee. All throughout their site they are advocating for President Trump. Furthermore on their site they list the Republican candidates they endorse:


https://sci-techmaven.io/superposition/voices-opinion/midterm-voter-intimidation-is-actively-happening-in-florida-JJgf5d0eUU6yhMrp7dFn9Q/

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I went to middle school with Christopher Benek. He's currently a Pastor and an expert on AI.

It is CRAZY to think republicans believe its acceptable to intimidate even their own voters!

[msongs]

1. every one of these needs to be logged and reported to appropriate groups nt

[safeinOhio]

2. Send them a daily text with

the current US deficit as it relates to tax cuts.

[Fla Dem]

3. I got the exact same text. When I saw it was from "Club for Growth"

I responded “I already voted a straight Democratic Ticket!!! Now get off my phone. Then I blocked the number.

[Igel]

4. I'm going to guess that they're leveraging off this kind of thing.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211364277

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211356736

You either find the idea of a voter app intimidating or not. The information is public. Name, address, whether you voted. It's not an invasion of privacy, it's just making information available that'll feed the "Don't judge me--but by all means, I'm going to judge you, and really, I'm already mostly convinced of your guilt simply because you're concerned about being judged" attitude.

*How* you voted depends on jurisdiction. In Texas, anybody could find out how I voted in the last primary I voted in because that's where you most easily declare party affiliation. (I honestly forget if you declare party affiliation when you first register.) But beyond that ...

And even then, they just know the party you voted for during the last primary, not who, exactly you voted for. Perhaps you voted for your cousin Sy in his attempt to secure some minor position and slighted the top 20 races by not voting for them at all.