Secretary of State Hibbit Hosemann issued the following statement.
The Secretary of State’s Office is cautioning the public about misleading letters sent before the November 5 General Election.
Voters have received letters from the organization, Center for Voting Information, giving their
neighborhoods a “grade” based upon voters’ alleged previous vote history according to party affiliation.
In Mississippi, voters do not register by political party so the “grade” is inaccurate.
There
is no such information which could be obtained to determine a voter's
support or lack of support of a party since voters do not register by
political party
in Mississippi.
“Correspondence like this is intimidating and misleading and ultimately deters voters from going to the polls to cast a ballot,”
stated Secretary Hosemann.
For more information about State election laws or Election Day information, visit Y’all Vote,
www.yallvote.sos.ms.gov, or call the Elections Division Hotline at (601) 576-2550 or 1-800-829-6786.
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I know this is probably targeted toward the elderly and un/under-educated, but if you're intimidated by a letter I feel for you.
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If that letter actually deters anyone from voting, they're probably not bright enough to be voting anyway.
This is typical of the type of voter suppression committed by the Republicans. It is telling that Hosemann (R) isn't going into more detail about the neighborhood locations (likely poor, black, and uneducated) and the "grades" which would likely expose that it is his party committing these unlawful acts.
Republicans simply cannot win based on their outdated discriminatory ideology so they always resort to dirty tricks and foreign collusion.
It may be intimidating or misleading, but is it illegal?
Voter intimidation is illegal. Not sure this hits the mark of intimidation. Just shady and bush league.
Hoodwink wouldn't instigate this, would he?
12:02: how is this voter suppression? The letter is not keeping anyone from voting, and an informed voter will do their own independent research.
@12:02, Democrats behind the effort. Sorry to burst your bubble.
@12:02 - Go fish.
I received this letter in a Madison neighborhood off Rice Road, not a Democrat stronghold.
The body of the letter was geared to try to make you vote differently than you had in the past. As I recall, a high "grade" indicated a high likelihood to break from party ranks. A low "grade" supposedly indicated that you and your neighbors always vote for one party. Essentially, the recipient was urged to vote differently than usual.
It is noteworthy that the letter I received did not actually identify any neighborhood by name. It used my name and gave my neighborhood's "grade" without naming the neighborhood. It then listed several other very generic first names with "redacted" last names and gave their unnamed neighborhood's grade.
The "grades" were shown like this:
[My name]'s neighborhood: D
Bill ******'s neighborhood: C-
Robert *******'s neighborhood: F
Daniel *******'s neighborhood: D-
Susan *******'s neighborhood: D
For what it is worth, everyone's neighborhood had a terrible "grade."
Nothing more than Hibbart Hunchman's feeble attempt to keep his name out there. Why, who knows?
What should concern everyone is WHY these sorts of tactics , political smears and misinformation work particularly well in Mississippi.
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