Possible Republican campaign mail fraud?

I found this piece of mail at Buzzflash.com today and I was wondering what the good people of DU thought of it. Seems this complaint sounds familiar; if my memory serves me well, I believe I've read about other people here on DU who "suddenly" discovered that they had been registered as republicans when they had no intention to do so? What do you think is going on here....Are the repubs preying on the elderly and absent-minded?



The mail reads as follows:

Subj: Possible Rethuglican campaign mail fraud?

My mother has recently received many mail solicitations from the RNC in which they laud her for being a loyal and supportive Republican.

In the introductory areas of the communiques, the author(s) hammer away at many of the betes-noirs their barking heads on Fright Wing TV, pulp media, and Radio have growled at for the last twenty years...Naturally, they also thank her for sharing money with such a worthy cause, and ask her to keep up the good work!

In the most recent garbage she received, they enclosed a proof of Voter Registration in which they list her actual registration number, and show that she is a registered Republican voter in the State of Illinois.

She has never been registered as a Republican anywhere at any time. Similarly, she has never and will never give them a red cent.

She is a retired teacher and college professor in her late 70's, in declining health...the sort of person who, when she has further experienced the lapse of senescence, may look at such a missive on a groggy day and comply with its' directives: sign the form, which may possibly cause her to become registered as a republican via mail-in rules, possibly also casting a vote, and naturally, sending in that marvelous green stuff!

We have discussed this, and we wonder how many thousands of older registered democratic voting and independent registered senior citizens, especially those with significant health issues and documented claims involving strong medications for blood pressure, hypertension, hormonal therapy, chemotherapy, etc.-- how many are receiving these totally aggravating and confusing waves of mail packages? How many? And, could these arguably be a violation of predatory sales or non-profit solicitation laws? They certainly can be legitimately construed as predatory in nature, like telemarketing calls for securities, insurances, commodities and junk goods, predatory lending, and junk repair services ...that target the elderly and the incapacitated... would you like...or like solicitations for heavenly dollars from infamous TV Preachers...would it be helpful to get copies of these?

Items have also been mailed to me of a similar nature, including an 8" by 10" glossy portrait of the Resident himself. I am a registered Democrat. These are more obviously mass marketing...I am not a senior citizen, not incapacitated nor on any sort of meds, etc...But, considering the items repeatedly sent to my mom, it is an interesting coincidence.

J.P.


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What's going on here?

in the bad old days of downstate Illinois GOP faking the black/Dem /union/minority area vote in elections.

Indeed all the trailer park company towns that they put the girls brought up from the Ozarks in - the ones used in manufacturing electronics in the 50's - had a nice GOP majority in those days!

Or the voting place workers/judge would at least claim they had seen a registration.

I wonder if this is step one in the 04 fraud in Illinois

nursing homes. The repubs were going to nursing homes to "help" elderly residents vote via absentee ballot. They were actually casting the votes for the residents.

that registered her as a repube!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=647475

A friend of mine said she got a call from the L.A. registrar's office asking her if she had registered as a Republican. She hadn't done so and somehow it came up that she had indeed signed a petition at a grocery store to get seat belts in school buses.

Has anyone heard of people unknowingly signing something to register as a repuke when they think they're signing a petition?


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smells like someone got a FREE PERcolater in the mail....

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when the freipermacht responds twice to such a small thread, we must be on to something!!

I guess I touched a nerve! Come out, come out, freepers...