Politics
NEW: Liberal Group’s Embarrassing Campaign Blunder Could Cost Democrats Significant Number Of Votes
A voter mobilization group pushing Vice President Kamala Harris has for a second time sown chaos among voters who were left confused after receiving get-out-the-vote text messages incorrectly stating that they had already voted.
CNN reported that thousands of voters in Pennsylvania reported receiving messages from AllVote, a liberal activist group working to turn out voters who participated in the 2022 midterms but have not voted so far this year. “Records show you voted,” reads one message which accidentally left out “in 2022,” causing those voters wondering if someone had impersonated them and cast their vote for president this year. A spokesman for the group told CNN that an apology was texted to voters, but those who replied “stop” were removed from future messages and may not have received it.
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According to its website, AllVote strives to “mobilize progressive voters” by providing information on how to vote, but AllVote spokesperson Charlotte Clymer denied that it engages in phishing schemes, saying AllVote does not work to solicit voter information. “Several thousand registered voters were affected by our error,” Clymer said which was the result of an “unfortunate copy-editing error by staff working long hours.” She added the organization has made its “approval process substantially more rigorous to ensure this doesn’t happen again.” AllVote’s website now carries the message, “Please let us know if we sent you incorrect polling place information but we have your correct address. We’d also love to know if you voted several days ago but our database has you as not yet voted. This information will help us avoid any mistakes in the future. To opt out, just reply ‘stop’ directly to the text message.”
This latest instance of election misinformation is not the first time that AllVote has been reprimanded for its voter outreach. Just days earlier, the Wisconsin Election Commission criticized AllVote after organizers sent out thousands of text messages containing information that directed voters to the wrong election website. Election commissioners reported viewing messages with links to “what at first appeared to be the voter’s municipal website but was incorrect.” Meagan Wolfe, the commission’s administrator, warned the public that groups like AllVote may try to appear authoritative on election information, but that is not always the case. “Voters should be very careful when dealing with this type of unsolicited outreach, as the information being put forth is often inaccurate and misleading,” she said.
Clymer said AllVote’s Wisconsin mishap impacted upwards of 15,000 voters directed to vote in the wrong municipality, or just 2% of the 750,000 voter contacts they’ve made this election. “We take every step to ensure we don’t send voters incorrect information,” Clymer said, adding that “we never represent ourselves as election officials.”
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