'Mail-In Vote Suppression Underway In Virginia'

[appalachiablue]

'Mail-In Vote Suppression Underway in Virginia.' Daily Kos, Aug. 26, 2020.

Just a short diary to flag something that occurred just within the last hour. I will be brief:

I am a registered Democrat in Virginia. I received a robocall the early afternoon of August 26 at home (I telework). Caller ID showed the call as being from a name I didn’t recognize. Thinking this to be one of the usual irritating but otherwise harmless solicitation calls we all get from time to time, I was tempted to ignore it, but on a whim picked it up.

What I got instead was a robocall, in a woman’s voice. The call lasted about thirty seconds and was a laundry list of all the bad things that can happen to people if they request a mail-in ballot. I can’t remember everything exactly, but it included things like “the police can track you down if you have an outstanding warrant” and “the IRS can find you to collect back taxes” and ended with words to the effect of “Don’t let The Man have your information!” The voice affected an African-American accent and the use of slang like “The Man” made me think this was a call intended particularly to frighten African American voters from requesting mail-in ballots. There was some kind of organizational name given which I didn’t catch, but it was nothing recognizable, and the robocall didn’t have any call-back or other tracking information (naturally).

I went ahead and called the Democratic Party of Virginia HQ, and was connected to their Ballot Protection section. I gave them all the information I could remember. I encourage anyone else who gets calls like this to call their local Democratic Party, especially if you live in Virginia (in case this was Virginia-specific — the call didn’t indicate it was targeted to any particular location). I hope you are better at technical issues than I, and can save and record the robocall itself and pass it on..https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/8/26/1972494/-Mail-In-Vote-Suppression-Underway-in-Virginia

[Sherman A1]

1. They simply cannot win

If they don’t cheat.

[still_one]

2. This kind of garbage has been going on for a long time. People should savvy to this kind of spam

but unfortunately are not, as evidenced by the number of people who give out their social security numbers and other personal information to unsolicited callers every year

[jimlup]

3. Russian robocall bots?

Who would be able to fund this? How widespread is it? These are questions we need answers for as soon as possible.

[blueinredohio]

4. I got a text yesterday about if you vote for Biden

this will be your America. I didn't watch the link but I texted back " eat shit and don't blame this on Biden it is happening in Trumps watch.

[Freddie]

6. Got a similar text

“Joe Biden will destroy all the progress we’ve made”...scary as I have no idea how they got my cell # as I’ve been pretty successful not getting their crap on email or FB. I just responded DO NOT TEXT ME AGAIN.

[obamanut2012]

7. same

[mdbl]

5. Let's do robocalls to right-wing Christians telling them that Satan has ordained Trump

as one of his high priests. Fight ignorance with ignorance.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

8. Hmmmmmm. In GD:

Jack Burkman and Jacob Wool are targeting Detroit voters with a fake robocall (vote by mail)