I received a GOP absentee ballot request form

[liberal_in_GA]

from the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania office. I used to live in PA, but now live in Georgia, and they sent it to my Georgia address. It's very weird--I was a regisered Dem in PA, and I am wondering why they even bothered. Could they be trying to disqualify Democratic voters, or trying to redirect out-of-state votes to swing states somehow? Has this happened to anyone else?

The accompanying flyer is just sooo Re-pukey: "You Can Defend Pennsylvania's Families! "George Bush has strong moral values!" "Promoting a Culture of Life!" etc., etc., etc. :eyes:

[JPJones]

1. "Promoting a Culture of Life!" *

*Offer not valid in Iraq.

[liberal_in_GA]

6. I know...

It would be funny, if it weren't so fucking sad.

[PA Democrat]

2. I was told by campaign official that it is illegal to send out campaign

literature with an absentee ballot application. Call your local Kerry campaign headquarters and send it to them. I was under the impression that the Kerry campaign plans to pursue this legally.

[liberal_in_GA]

4. That's what I figured...

I'll call them on Monday.

[MaineDem]

7. Is that a PA law?

It's done often here. An application is ok; a ballot is another story of course.

[PA Democrat]

10. I will ask on Monday

The guy who told me this works for the state Democratic party. He showed me an application for an absentee ballot which was accompanied by right-wing campaign literature.

[PA Democrat]

15. I found this article on a PA TV station's web site which says this is OK

as long as it is approved by the PA Dept. of State. I wonder if this is decided on a state by state basis?

http://www.thewgalchannel.com/politics/3703025/detail.html

[JohnnyRingo]

12. Like this?

They also called my one friend the next week to find out why he didnt apply....Fortunatly his wife answered the phone and told them "He's voting for Kerry" ...I was there. Heh heh



other side:

[liberal_in_GA]

13. It looked exactly like this except

it also had a list of Kerry's "faults," such as his being "out of the mainstream" and how he's voted to raise taxes 50 billion times and uses your tax dollars to hand out free abortions, etc., etc.

[RevCheesehead]

14. NO! Call your state elections board!!!!

Take it to the neutral authority. Otherwise it looks like partisan bickering, and they'll probably ignore it.

They can contact the state elections board in PA, and notify them of "possible voter fraud."

[ISUGRADIA]

16. This may be a state law

in Iowa political material comes with absentee ballot requests from parties all the time. I received maybe 10 lit pieces with absentee ballot request froms from the Dem party in 2002.

[fearnobush]

3. This is a GOP scam, they intend to steal it by means of Absentee

balloting.

[IndianaGreen]

5. I am very concerned about this GOP push for absentee ballots

I don't trust these people and how "helful" they are in assisting voters to get their absentee ballots. What is the strategy?

[napi21]

8. Florida primary vote just a week or so ago found to have counted absentee

ballots twice! This was found when the vote was very close and they did a recount. It wasn't all the absentee ballots, just a group of about 1,000+. Maybe we were all wrong about the electronic vothing being the problem, maybe it's really the paper ballots!

[MaineDem]

9. Dems are doing it too

It's a fantastic way to get votes that we don't have to expend any energy/time/money to get on election day.

[Gildor Inglorion]

11. Well, you have to hand it to the Repukes...

they think of EVERYTHING to steal the election. We Democrats, on the other hand, think of things that might help us win, but we will not/can not agree on any of them, so they usually don't get done. I just don't know what it's going to take to get us playing on the same team instead of arguing and attacking each other. If GW Bu*h won't do it, what will?

[DeepModem Mom]

17. kick