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kpete

(72,018 posts)
Fri Sep 26, 2014, 10:09 AM Sep 2014

Koch Funded AFP- NC Chapter sends out incorrect voter information

"Americans" "for" "Prosperity" is a Koch Bros. Astroturf disinformation propaganda front.

RALEIGH — Hundreds of North Carolinians – and one cat – have received incorrect voter registration information, according to the N.C. State Board of Elections.

The information – an “official application form” – was sent by Americans for Prosperity, a national conservative group with a state chapter based in Raleigh.

Since then, hundreds of people who received the forms have called and complained to the State Board of Elections, said Joshua Lawson, a public information officer for the board.

“It’s unclear where (Americans for Prosperity) got their list, but it’s caused a lot of confusion for people in the state,” Lawson said.

One resident even received a voter registration form addressed to her cat, he said.

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MORE HERE:
http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/09/25/4181779_voters-mailed-incorrect-information.html?rh=1
and a good summary here:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/26/1332529/-Koch-Funded-AFP-NC-Chapter-sends-out-incorrect-voter-information#

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Koch Funded AFP- NC Chapter sends out incorrect voter information (Original Post) kpete Sep 2014 OP
not one, several intentionally misleading errors. "Americans for Prosperity" should be shut down. Sunlei Sep 2014 #1
But these types always claim, "Whoops! Mistake," or "I can't remember." valerief Sep 2014 #3
Sounds like a double dip - misinform AND cage underpants Sep 2014 #2
I live in NC and received one from them for my father Terra Alta Sep 2014 #4

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
1. not one, several intentionally misleading errors. "Americans for Prosperity" should be shut down.
Fri Sep 26, 2014, 10:18 AM
Sep 2014

"Misinformation about voter registration can be a felony if it is intentionally misleading"

underpants

(182,883 posts)
2. Sounds like a double dip - misinform AND cage
Fri Sep 26, 2014, 10:47 AM
Sep 2014

If they open the letter they get misinformed. If it isn't the right address they get caged on Election Day.

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