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[scotttie]

I have to agree with Terrier. I really believe this is a dirty tricks campaign.

I hope you continue to ferret out where it came from.

[focksie]

On 10/30/2014 Preds said:

GO FOCKSIE!!!!!

Well, I did say I have to work on my passive-aggressiveness.

kdgn - Thanks for the grammatical correction!

terrier, scottie - I'll definitely find out where this came from before I send my letter.

[Ismilealot]

The last Presidential election, we received a little postcard listing all of our nearby neighbors and if they voted in the last election cycles or not. It did not indicate which candidates or which parties you voted for, just IF you voted. I just thought it was really strange and wondered about it at the time. This thread reminded me of it happening again. Interesting and disturbing.

[LilacTree]

I've missed several mid-term elections (never a general election) and I have never received a letter like that. And I've been voting for 55 years.

[RainCityGirl]

You know all those political calls that occur around election time and a few months before? Guess who is doing that? It's the political parties who have public access to voting turnout records. The purpose of the calls, those that don't mention a candidate, is to get people out to vote. Otherwise, in an off year where there is no national election, people just blow it off. I don't know what their success rate is in getting people to the polls. Anything that is public record with registered voters is fair game for political parties to use in research. People can access your real estate tax records and many other things. It's always been this way, so don't assume it has anything to do with the here and now only. Personally, I'd like to see the US adopt the British form of campaign and vote with a 6 week period only opened for candidates to get their message out. If I'm not mistaken, they provide air time for all without the millions and millions provided by the wealthiest and by lobbyists. Of course, THAT will never happen here. It would be too logical.

[Elstongunn]

Since it in all probability it came from some third-party, I wouldn't get too wound up about it.

I would be tempted to just underline or highlight the ""we will be reviewing voting records after the upcoming election to determine whether you joined your neighbors" and write in bright red marker "OMG, I'm shaking in my boots. BFD." and return the letter to them. Or not! It would depend on how irked I was or what kind of mood I was in...

[sylviahomeatlast]

here, in CO, if you don't vote in a presidential election you can be purged and you need to re register. at least that's the way it used to be...

[minkbunny]

I would toss the letter in the trash and be on with my day.

Much as I do with most mail during the election cycles.

[Tyak]

Heard it's happening in N.C. Thought I posted this earlier...must be my imagination though, as I'm sure it would never be deleted here by anyone. Lol

[depglass]

Your party can't check to see if you voted. In our area, the only ones who know are those ladies who check off the names on the voter rolls at the polling place. Just relax, all you paranoids. Maybe that letter was put out by the opposite party trying to get you unnerved.