In the hunt for voter fraud, Republican door knockers are intimidating residents: officials

[FakeNoose]

(link) https://www.reuters.com/legal/republican-door-knockers-intimidate-voters-while-hunting-voter-fraud-say-2022-11-03/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=daily-briefing&utm_term=11-03-2022

Nov 3 (Reuters) - The canvassers in California's Shasta County in September wore reflective orange vests and official-looking badges that read “Voter Taskforce.” Four residents said they mistook them for government officials. But the door knockers didn't explain where to vote or promote a candidate, the usual work of canvassers ahead of a big election.

Instead, they grilled residents on their voting history and who lived in their homes, probing questions that might have violated state laws on intimidation and harassment, according to the county's chief election official. At one house, they interrogated a couple about the whereabouts of their adult daughter. At another, they listed names of registered voters and demanded to know if they still lived at the address.

The incidents highlight how a once-routine staple of American elections -- door-to-door canvassing -- has been adopted by former U.S. President Donald Trump's supporters since the 2020 election to prove his baseless claims of voter fraud, or potentially disenfranchise voters by stoking doubts about voter registration books.

In at least 19 states, pro-Trump canvassers are using their findings to press election officials to clean up what they claim are inaccurate voter-registration lists, saying they could open the door to fraudulent voting. In at least one state, Michigan, they plan to use their list of alleged irregularities to challenge voters in the Nov. 8 election.

Canvassers believe such efforts are uncovering evidence that voting machines were rigged in 2020 to steal the election from Trump, according to a review by Reuters of the groups' literature and reports.

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City residents and those of us living in Democratic intensive areas should beware of strangers knocking on our doors. If they aren't wearing an official ID badge, if they don't offer their name or identification, be extra careful. You may have been targeted by these Repuke door-knockers and they're out there trying to prevent your vote from being counted. Always report these people if you should encounter them.

[BlueTsunami2018]

1. I'd love someone to do that to me.

I would have such wonderful fun with it.

[SheltieLover]

2. I never answer my door if I'm not expecting someone.

[Sympthsical]

3. Seriously

If the doorbell rings, the first thing I do (after watching the cats scatter) is check the camera.

If I do not know you, the door isn't getting answered.

[SheltieLover]

5. Right!

I find it amazing anyone sould open door to a stranger!

Boston strangler comes to mind...



I could let my Pittie snack on a home invader with ill intent, but then I'd have a mess to clean up.

[ScratchCat]

4. I just don't get it

I don't understand how people can be so gullible. "I'm sorry, who are you? Beat it before I call the cops" is just too easy ..

[ananda]

6. Why do they answer their door in the first place?

If you don't know who you're voting for by now,
you are some special brand of apathetic and ignorant.

[FakeNoose]

7. The article says they've been doing this for the last 2 years in at least 20 states

They're collecting voter data from each household and comparing it with the "official" records. Anything that doesn't match up must be a case a fraud. Yes that's the ticket - find fraud everywhere because it has to be fraud. That just proves that the 2020 election was stolen. Except it doesn't prove anything.

This garbled paranoid nonsense is going end up disenfranchising REAL voters, if we don't put an end to this as soon as possible. In the meantime residents need to be very careful in what they say to strangers at their door.