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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Thu Oct 2, 2014, 05:11 PM Oct 2014

Koch Group In Hot Water Over Misleading Voters With Mailers

By DANIEL STRAUSS Published OCTOBER 2, 2014, 4:38 PM EDT

In the last few weeks before the Nov. 4 midterm elections Americans for Prosperity, the Koch Brothers-backed conservative organization plans to spend millions in key senate races through digital mail, door-to-door campaigning and other types of advertising.

Those states include, according to The New York Times which first reported the push, Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa and North Carolina, where the group has found itself under fire recently over sending out mailers that included misleading information about voting.

On Tuesday, North Carolina's ABC affiliate reported that "hundreds of complaints" are flooding into the state Board of elections over "hundreds of thousands of mailers with false information about voter registration sent by Americans for Prosperity." That report cited Jenifer Odum, who received a letter addressed to her young daughter who would only be about four years old if she had not died two years ago.

On Tuesday, North Carolina's ABC affiliate reported that "hundreds of complaints" are flooding into the state Board of elections over "hundreds of thousands of mailers with false information about voter registration sent by Americans for Prosperity." That report cited Jenifer Odum, who received a letter addressed to her young daughter who would only be about four years old if she had not died two years ago.

The report is the latest of a string of coverage about the mailers that started with a piece in The Raleigh News & Observer. A before the North Carolina affiliate report Zachary Roth at MSNBC reported that AFP was being investigated over the mailers, which were sent to hundreds of voters in North Carolina and a cat.

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Koch Group In Hot Water Over Misleading Voters With Mailers (Original Post) DonViejo Oct 2014 OP
These bastards will not stop until they are charged with a serious crime. nc4bo Oct 2014 #1
They've been charged, paid their fines, and just keep on doing their thing Electric Monk Oct 2014 #2
Gawd, I am so sick of this nc4bo Oct 2014 #3
The same thing that overcome GOP fraud in 2008 and 2012. Palast warned us it was the only way to win freshwest Oct 2014 #6
They can and will lie about anything. Kingofalldems Oct 2014 #4
kicking for visibility Electric Monk Oct 2014 #5
And to think scum of the earth actually DEFEND these rich animals Rex Oct 2014 #7
What an asshole thing to do. nt ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #8
Hot water? Enthusiast Oct 2014 #9
Americans For the Prosperous hootinholler Oct 2014 #10

nc4bo

(17,651 posts)
1. These bastards will not stop until they are charged with a serious crime.
Thu Oct 2, 2014, 05:16 PM
Oct 2014

Including a huge fine and prison time.

Tired of this shit from the REAL fraudsters!

nc4bo

(17,651 posts)
3. Gawd, I am so sick of this
Thu Oct 2, 2014, 05:35 PM
Oct 2014

Would love to collect all those fake mailers and leave them afire on their doorstep.

I imagine I can hear the GOP and their cronies having the laugh of their lives, all on us including their teabag fan club.

What is it going to take to stop this?!

Every election it's the same ole thing here.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
6. The same thing that overcome GOP fraud in 2008 and 2012. Palast warned us it was the only way to win
Fri Oct 3, 2014, 12:53 AM
Oct 2014

Other than that, their cult will keep on voting for the officials that enable this, from the state election officials, state houses, governors, senators and HoR guys. It can be done, up to us again. The courts can't make them stop in most cases, because Bush got all the appointments he wanted and stacked the bench. We've only begun to turn back the tide. Our time is short, though.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
7. And to think scum of the earth actually DEFEND these rich animals
Fri Oct 3, 2014, 01:14 AM
Oct 2014

and pretend the 1% are not the cause of most of our problems.

PATHETIC.

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)
9. Hot water?
Fri Oct 3, 2014, 05:35 AM
Oct 2014

Warm water, more like it.

This election will see the greatest number of election fraud cases by the Righties® in history. They got away with it in 2000 and 2004. They will probably get away with it this year too.

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