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"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.
Its unclear where (Americans for Prosperity) got their list, but its 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#
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)"Misinformation about voter registration can be a felony if it is intentionally misleading"
valerief
(53,235 posts)underpants
(182,883 posts)If they open the letter they get misinformed. If it isn't the right address they get caged on Election Day.
Terra Alta
(5,158 posts)Who has been dead for 25 years.