The local North Carolina Chapter of Americans for Prosperity, a Koch funded organization based out of Raleigh was sending out voter information cards with incorrect and conflicting information.
Hundreds of people have contacted the State Board of Elections to complain.
From the Raleigh News Observer:
The form includes incorrect or conflicting information, as outlined below, according to the State Board of Elections.
• At the top, the form states voter registrations are due 30 days before an election to the State Board of Elections’ office. Below, in smaller type, it states the deadline is 25 days before the election.
The deadline to register to vote is actually 25 days before the general election, but people should send information to their county elections board, not the state board, Lawson said. If voters do send their information to the state board, it will be forwarded to the appropriate county board, Lawson said.
• The first page also states people should return the registration to the N.C. Secretary of State’s office, though the envelope is addressed to the State Board of Elections.
• It states the Secretary of State’s office has an elections division and can answer questions about registration.
The Secretary of State’s office does not handle elections, Lawson said, though other states do house their elections division within their secretary of state’s office. The form also gives the wrong phone number for the Secretary of State’s office – the number is actually for the State Board of Elections.
• The form states that after voters mail in their information, they will be notified of their precinct by their local county clerk.
“There’s no county clerk that would do these things,” said Lawson. “It would come from the county board of elections or the elections director, under their signature.”
• The registration form also includes the wrong ZIP code for the State Board of Elections. The ZIP code associated with the board’s post office box is 27611, and the board’s office ZIP code is 27603
Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/...
There were at least hundreds of people and one cat who received the mailing.
Of course, no one would ever accuse the poor persecuted Koch Brothers and their AFP- lackeys of intentional malfeasance in confusing voters. I certainly am not doing so here.........
The only thing I know, is that another recent organization, also starting with an "A", was accused of phony electoral shenanigans and was put through the congressional ringer until it lost donor funding and ceased operating as an organization---- Remember ACORN?
At the very least, this shows the shallowness and incompetence of this organization funded by the Koch Brothers.
D- Kay Hagan is running against Koch backed Thom Tillis (R) for US Senate and possibly control over the Senate. Americans for Prosperity- NC have been staging "Call Out Kay" events throughout North Carolina.
7:29 AM PT: This is not the first time AFP has performed recent election shenanigans. Two commentators below offered other incidents into previous incidents by other state chapters of AFP.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/... Thanks to ord avg guy
and http://www.dailykos.com/... Thanks to Dartagnan
9:17 AM PT: Update #2 The Daily Tar Heel reports that people have been going door to door erroneously claiming the NC State database went down and they would have to register again- with them....... Also- 454 people had their votes disinfranchised during the primary whose voted would have counted in 2012 before the new election laws.
http://www.dailytarheel.com/...
9:24 AM PT: Update #3
We have 2013 Virginia AFP vote suppression efforts which are simply rotten to the core.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/...
9:52 AM PT: Update #4
In additional great front page dairy on this site on attempted register of a cat... The Huffington Post has now picked up the story. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...
9:55 AM PT: Update #5
Rachel Maddow and MSNBC has now picked up the story
http://www.msnbc.com/...