Text messages directing voters to the wrong polling places

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"The Linn and Johnson County Auditors are both receiving numerous reports of text messages directing voters to the wrong polling places. Please check your polling place with your county auditor’s office."

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JFC - can the republicans ever do ANYTHING legit?

[progressoid]

1. Do we know who is behind this?

[47of74]

2. Ugh it should be a felony to mis-direct someone in connection with a polling place.

Punishable by 25 to life imprisonment.

Of course Kimmie and her groupies in the legislature would never crack down on this sort of shit because it benefits them.

[47of74]

3. More news on this

Apparently a campaign sent out these messages by mistake

Voters in eastern Iowa may recall seeing a strange text message directing them to the wrong polling location.

According to Linn County Auditor Joel Miller, a voter reported the first text in Linn County around 8:40 p.m. Monday.

Miller said his office then contacted the Linn County Sheriff’s Office and the FBI. The Iowa Secretary of State’s Office found voters in four Iowa counties received those texts, and it was due to an error by one of the campaigns. The office does not have reason to believe the act was malicious.

Miller said the situation was disruptive to the voting process.

The SoS office is run by Paul Pate - someone who would love to knock as many Democrats off the roles as possible and make it hard as possible for non whites and/or non Christians to vote. And if people believe these acts weren't malicious I have the following items for sale;

[rurallib]

4. could be Republicans these days are never taught to do things legit

that doesn't win elections.