Article entitled "Md. orders halt to mailings that have left voters ‘intimidated, shocked and ill-at-ease'" about organizations sending letters to registered voters threatening to dox them and their voting records if they don't vote. Two things I noted from the article:
From the article: "The letter is in response to an unsolicited “Voting Report Card” that has been sent to people across the state by the Voter Participation Center, a nonprofit that claims to try to drive more voters to the polls, specifically unmarried women, people of color and young voters." Of course no party affiliation is mentioned, but of course based on the target demographics mentioned, it's obviously aimed at Dem voters, likely the ones waking up to what a hellhole MD has become.
Those who received the letter said they felt intimidated and ill-at-ease. On its face, a group called Voter Participation Center trying to encourage voters to vote should be a positive thing. I'm guessing however that the article's omission of the text of the actual letter tells me the language used in the letter must have been pretty threatening, especially if the Dem Attorney General is getting involved.
According to the voter participation website another anon posted yesterday, Maryland's early voting turnout was about 1/3 of all registered voters. I haven't found a breakdown by party affiliation, but if GOP and independent turnout were higher than normal, Maryland Dems may be more worried about their voters staying at home than I realized.
Article entitled "Md. orders halt to mailings that have left voters ‘intimidated, shocked and ill-at-ease'" about organizations sending letters to registered voters threatening to dox them and their voting records if they don't vote. Two things I noted from the article:
From the article: "The letter is in response to an unsolicited “Voting Report Card” that has been sent to people across the state by the Voter Participation Center, a nonprofit that claims to try to drive more voters to the polls, specifically unmarried women, people of color and young voters." Of course no party affiliation is mentioned, but of course based on the target demographics mentioned, it's obviously aimed at Dem voters, likely the ones waking up to what a hellhole MD has become.
Those who received the letter said they felt intimidated and ill-at-ease. On its face, a group called Voter Participation Center trying to encourage voters to vote should be a positive thing. I'm guessing however that the article's omission of the text of the actual letter tells me the language used in the letter must have been pretty threatening, especially if the Dem Attorney General is getting involved.
According to the voter participation website another anon posted yesterday, Maryland's early voting turnout was about 1/3 of all registered voters. I haven't found a breakdown by party affiliation, but if GOP and independent turnout were higher than normal, Maryland Dems may be more worried about their voters staying at home than I realized.
Truly crazy times.