There’s been a lot of recent news regarding the John McCain campaign sending millions of absentee ballot request forms bundled with McCain literature. In many cases, there’s been incorrect mailing info, incorrect forms and the wrong people receiving the mailings. The reports are mixed and vary by state and some of it smells of voter disenfranchising.
A friend showed me one that his step-daughter received in Minneapolis from an Arlington, Virginia address containing a Colorado absentee ballot request form. The addressee wasn’t ever registered to vote in Colorado and only lived there briefly to work a seasonal job. It didn’t apply to her whatsoever and she was not clear why she received it.
While stuffing ballot request forms with campaign literature certainly touches a number of ethical questions and edges with the law, there seems to be a lot more to this story. See more photos of the McCain literature with absentee ballot request forms.
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I’ve wondered about this as well as the candidates’ volunteers registering folks to vote. Makes me feel ooky.
Posted 14 Sep 2008 at 20:51 ¶That was one of the most pi$$-poor run campaigns I’ve ever seen. The only thing that got him through that and his money situation was that he has more charisma than the other Republicans (Let’s face it, John Stewart has long enjoyed having him on the Daily Show for a reason.). As someone that has worked on campaigns, I’m not surprised in the least about the whole address issue; that is especially true when targeting younger people (who tend to move more than older individuals.). Hell, one of my credit bureaus reflect I have long been a home owner in St. Peter, MN, a town I have only recently visited. : O
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