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From WA state--Women's Voices, Women Vote
We live in Washington state and my 17 year old daughter received a voter registration application from Women's Voices, Women Vote. She'd set it aside and we didn't really think too much about it until I read the articles yesterday. (We did wonder at the time how her name and address got on a mailing list.) She has no intention of registering with this form since WA state makes it so easy to register online through the state website, but the mailing is disturbing.
If the intent of this group is to encourage registration, why not just send a letter that identifies the state's registration site?
This feels like caging. The form asks for personal information. When you go to the "Voter Participation Center" (identified in the mailing as a project of Women's Voices), one question and answer is this:
"11) Do you sell my name or have information about me?
The voter registration forms are not opened by staff at the Voter Participation Center. They are either mailed directly to your voting official or they are collected and delivered directly to your voting official without ever being opened."
One of the things I noticed is that the zip code on their return envelope is different from the zip stated on the secretary of state's website for mail-in registration. In addition, there are two barcodes with the address. I'm wondering where the barcodes send the envelope. My local post office tells me they can't read the codes for me. Anybody here know how to read barcodes?
Comments (2)
The cagey answer to question 11 echos the way WVWV is now ducking direct questions about how its North Carolina "mistake" came about.
Your suspicion of caging feels accurate. I suggest you contact your state electoral commission.
If it's any consolation, Facing South -- which broke this story -- reports that Joyce McCloy, an elections watchdog with the N.C. Coalition for Verified Voting, is calling for that state's attorney general to file charges against WVWV.
May 1, 2008 6:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
Still waiting for responses from a couple of local election officials. Won't hold my breath.
May 1, 2008 7:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
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