Got this creepy bullshit in the mail today.
Glad I voted for Harris/Walz
They're 100% implying your family (husband) will know who you voted for, so you better vote "correctly".
Cards against humanity has a sticker for that
It does say, prominently, "Who you vote for is secret."
That screams cya. Everything else implies they see you. I received an email by them once that at the end had the sleeping with the fishes capiche line. Literally with no context/reason beyond making it sound like a threat.
I got one that sounded even more threatening. Said your voting record is public, which is sketchy as fuck and implies who you vote for is public as well, but skirts actually saying it. It does, however, not explicitly say who you for for is secret either.
Casual Ohio voter suppression, nbd.
Both parties are running these style ads in my area.
This is BY FAR the creepiest iteration I’ve seen.
Yeah but (IME) the Democrat version is essentially: No one will know if you vote Kamala, even your likely abusive maga spouse. (Edit- https://www.salon.com/2024/10/31/it-is-so-disastrous-maga-men-are-freaking-out-that-wives-may-be-secretly-voting-for-kamala-harris/)
The R version is apparently: Those of you who didn't vote will be up against the wall if Kamala gets in because it will be your fault. Busybody neighbors are important to ensure Trump gets in again, we're watching you.
Need to see it to see the tone. Saying "your vote is secret" can be taken a good way.
This is the first clearly partisan one I’ve seen.
Mostly I’ve seen them as videos that plainly state. “Who you vote for is secret. Whether you vote is public record”. I did get one handwritten postcard saying the same.
I found them mostly “interesting” as a concept, but others have felt they’re threatening:
The first one I saw I looked up the “Paid for by…” entity and it was a Kamala PAC so I just kinda assumed they all were before seeing this.
People are crazy. Feeling threatened by telling someone "hey, you didn't vote last time. Please make your voice heard by voting" is wearing your persecution complex on your sleeve.
Fragile fucks.
Yeah I don't think that's a threat, poorly worded maybe. The Trump one was hinting at it (because plausible deniability is how they work).
Not sure which party, but I've been getting the same notice in the mail every ~3 days with this message and my voting record listed all the way back to 2016 for the past two weeks. Honestly not sure if it's an attempt to intimidate me to vote a certain way because it sure is going beyond "people will know if you voted" to kind of insinuating they'll know who I vote for. Fail point is I don't know acronyms for political groups so I'm not sure which one they're trying to get me to vote for lol
Fascist big brother is always watching, loyalty is the only principle they value.
Obedience. Loyalty is earned.
I prefer the French Left take on the idea. They did a campaign awhile back titled: "The fascists are voting, are you?" With a big portrait of the most well-known far right politician in the country. In the end they had to pay a 3000€ fine but I'd say it was worth it.
3000€ seems like barely a drop in the bucket of campaigning costs, totally worth it lol. To the point that's not even a disincentive.
the message aside, this is one of the shittiest designs I've seen. the text is all over the place, there's no clear hierarchy of information... what a mess.
Sue them for voter intimidation.
Honestly doesn't this sort of message actually help Democrats more than anything? Do they not realize the GOP has no chance if the voter turnout increases? Even if that circumstance might favor Trump, they'd be torn to shreds in the senate and governor races.
They might target it to specific areas. The gerrymandering software is so good this days, with access to all the data you can predict pretty accurately how any area is going to vote
This is "interesting" to be sure.
Its frankly terrible how much stalking the campaigns do. This isn't something that is Republican or Democrat. They wonder why they are having issues with voter turn out but then they do and turn elections into a massive invasion of personal rights. They want to stalk you to get you to believe the current propaganda.
You know what would help in the current political turmoil? Better privacy and transparency.
It's weird that this is public record
I could take her...
Rich coming from the party of voter suppression...
Never knew republicans thrived on increased turnout. Glad they're still sticking with this democratic principle ig.
Republicans need young men to turn out; from what I can see, they are trending conservative. They don't want young women to turn out, because they are trending overwhelmingly liberal.
It doesn’t really read the same when coming from Democrats, though. Both sides are not the same, and only one of them has been known for making threats of political violence.
Every breath you take
Every vote you make...
Received a letter from our governor FL telling me if my neighbors have voted with their address number inked out and saying they are gettin my info. FL is so creepy
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