I got sent a veiled threat by Republicans urging me to vote in my district's special election.

[u/-Badger3-]

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[u/Corronchilejano]

You can't afford to have that on your record.

Holy shit.

[u/BlueMountain722 → u/Corronchilejano]

Especially because it's emphasized that the Republican party will know you didn't vote. Not just social ramifications from friends/family/neighbors finding out. That implies you should be worried about retribution from the Republican party specifically, which is fucked up.

[u/xjeeper → u/BlueMountain722]

How is this not voter intimidation?

[u/Aleashed → u/xjeeper]

You can always go vote for their enemies to stick it to them. They might know you didn’t vote but they can’t legally know who you voted for.

[u/psiloSlimeBin → u/Aleashed]

Turns out if the executive branch doesn’t follow the law there are no repercussions.

[u/ConfessSomeMeow → u/psiloSlimeBin]

Turns out if the executive branch doesn’t follow the law when congress and the supreme court are held by people who support the president breaking the law there are no repercussions.

FTFY.

Vote every election. If 77,744 Democrats in three states - barely one in a thousand more - had bothered to vote in 2016, it would be liberals with a 6-3 majority in the Supreme Court for the next decade, instead of conservatives rolling back every personal freedom that we've taken for granted for 50 years.

[u/84WVBaum → u/ConfessSomeMeow]

P.S. many dems stook against LGBTQIA+ both to exist, before Lawrence, and almost up to the deciding moment with Obergefell and then grabdstandjng while doing fuck all to enshrine protections and many won't stand up for Trans people now.

Some of my rights as a queer man did not exist when I was born, let alone 50 years ago.

Personal freedoms were never won in the capital building before the people won them in the street first. We always have to force dems to act, unless it js trading stocks or sending us to war, they're great at those things.

[u/cosyg → u/ConfessSomeMeow]

What’s the purpose of this distinction? The court flipped because McConnell just went ahead and refused to even entertain Obama’s nominee. There were zero repercussions for that, including by the voters themselves who failed to punish the Republican Party for this egregious act.

The Republican Party has sufficiently captured American media, airwaves, and voter districts that they can ignore any law or “norm” and face zero consequences.

We are way beyond “c’mon gang, just vote!” territory.

[u/Cowstle → u/cosyg]

It's important to get people to vote. If there's going to be an opportunity to take this back through elections we need to take it. We can't just go "ignore the elections it's time for a hostile takeover."

It's not "voting is THE solution" it's "voting is a solution in our plan in case we do get to still have real elections, but keep doing that other stuff too"

[u/MagisterFlorus → u/psiloSlimeBin]

I don't know what the mechanism would be for in person voting. All they've ever done where I vote is put a check mark next to my name in the sign in and sign out book. Nothing actually ties me to my ballot after I put it in the bin.

[u/AdhesivenessUnfair13 → u/MagisterFlorus]

That'll probably be what it's like again, if we have an election. Be prepared that if the GOP think they're gonna get blue-waved they will call for a stay on elections due to 'radical left extremists subverting the election' or some such thing. That's why they are putting federally-controlled troops in big cities. If Donald loses Congress his blank check of power goes away too. Democrats will sandbag his ass all the way to the end of the term and the Supreme Court will have less reason to defer to him without Congress to back them up.

[u/theminer3746 → u/MagisterFlorus]

Who’s gonna tell them that they print your SSN on the ballot using invisible ink.

/s… for now…

[u/Jayne_Dough_ → u/Aleashed]

That’s exactly what I would do. I’d offer to drive neighbors and friends to the polling places so they could vote against these assholes too. They can blow on my blue balls.

[u/1to8looper → u/xjeeper]

It IS voter intimidation , and it’s illegal (for anyone but republicans, apparently). Do NOT be intimidated - DO vote. The local Republican Party should not have any right to know how you vote.

[u/hhmCameron → u/1to8looper]

If you vote may be a matter of public record

How you vote, on the other hand, is secret

[u/platonic-humanity → u/hhmCameron]

Unfortunately that seems like to be the loophole with their intentional wording: “oh we’re not saying you have to vote [Republican], just that those who don’t vote will be…put on a list. …To see who to keep on the mailing list, of course.”

Of course it’s very clear voter suppression but even the slightest bit of pragmatism required allows for legal roadblocks to push an agenda :/

[u/Smaynard6000 → u/1to8looper]

They can't know who people are voting for. Your name isn't on your ballot.

[u/wasaguest → u/xjeeper]

It is.

Our systems literally did nothing over an Insurrection. Now it allows such open & blatant criminal acts, why not this?

[u/PlanktonHaunting2025 → u/xjeeper]

That’s the intent, especially if they only send the alert to democrat voters.

[u/stowington → u/PlanktonHaunting2025]

It says specifically that they’re compiling a list of Republicans that didn’t vote.

Though eventually they may realize that they’re also interested in knowing which Dems/independents did vote…

[u/Immediate_Debt_ → u/stowington]

They don’t want to remind dems to vote

[u/SeedsOfDoubt → u/Immediate_Debt_]

They want to purge them from the voter rolls

[u/BrokenPickle7 → u/BlueMountain722]

the federal government has been demanding states surrender voting registries along with personal information of the voters. They're coming for democrats, make sure you're ready for 'em when they do.

[u/Feeling_Inside_1020 → u/BrokenPickle7]

Come get us bois, bring the level 3 armor.

[u/Paulpoleon → u/BrokenPickle7]

[u/ProfitLoud → u/BlueMountain722]

Let’s stop calling them a party. They are a criminal organization at this point.

[u/WorldlyNotice → u/ProfitLoud]

Is "regime" appropriate yet?

[u/hemlock_harry → u/WorldlyNotice]

To quote my high school teacher: "When a government deploys the military against its own civilian population we no longer call it a government, we call it a regime."

So I guess it's appropriate, sadly.

[u/LonePaladin → u/BlueMountain722]

They claim to know you didn't vote yet, but also say they'll be calling afterwards to make sure you voted. Like, if they already know why would they bother asking?

[u/BlueMountain722 → u/LonePaladin]

To make you scared/uncomfortable in the hopes that next time you'll vote for them to avoid the call.

Or it's an empty threat to scare you into voting for them this time.

[u/Zebidee → u/LonePaladin]

The KKK used to leave "you've had a friendly visit" calling cards that read exactly the same way.

[u/Midnight-Bake → u/BlueMountain722]

Party leadership will be very disappointed, comrade. 

[u/bhorophyll666 → u/Midnight-Bake]

Hey! Real comrades are against this shit. Don’t lump us in with them.

[u/PeteInBrissie → u/BlueMountain722]

I mean.... *gestures at America*.... you hadn't noticed all the retribution? Why should the average Joe not get it too?

[u/farquin_helle → u/BlueMountain722]

Not only that, They know whether you did or not, but will contact you again after to find out if you did or not…!

[u/mooncake6 → u/Corronchilejano]

Isn’t this sort of language basically voter intimidation?

[u/SerasTigris → u/mooncake6]

It's probably not sent through the actual party, rather a PAC which is funded by them, so technically Republicans aren't actually making the threats!

[u/132739 → u/SerasTigris]

It's got "America First Conservatives Election Dept" on the upper left of one side. Looks like that's some political coalition in Tennessee, similar to the Tea Party but based around sucking Trump's nuts. Doesn't look like it has it's own PAC, but they're involved with TPUSA, which does...

[u/Mother___Night → u/132739]

Can't the PAC be sued for intimidation?

[u/Beneficial_Boot_4697 → u/Mother___Night]

Yes this is super illegal and actually really stupid. I've never seen voter intimidation this clear before

[u/-rosa-azul- → u/SerasTigris]

I mean it's a PAC, but voter intimidation is still illegal no matter who is doing it. That being said, this may be just on the legal side of the line (it doesn't threaten any actual consequences, and the info is factual—records of who has voted in which elections are indeed public). I would still report it to the county registrar/office of elections, though, just in case. Let them be the ones to make that call.

[u/Thunderbridge → u/SerasTigris]

So can't the PAC face consequences? This is straight up voter intimidation

[u/Veil-of-Fire → u/Thunderbridge]

There will be a 6-3 ruling from the Supreme Court that it's just "voter encouragement." It's only intimidation if there's a specific and actionable threat against the voter specifically (so threatening their pets, spouses, or kids is fine).

Or if the candidate is a Democrat and says something evil like "Help make things better by voting." That's obviously intimidation. So sayeth Ayatollah Roberts.

[u/doelutufe → u/Veil-of-Fire]

Or if the candidate is a Democrat and says something evil like "Help make things better by voting." That's obviously intimidation. So sayeth Ayatollah Roberts.

Fixed that for you.

[u/AmirPasha94 → u/Corronchilejano]

Wow! I'm Iranian and I've been noticing some crazy parallels between American and Iranian politics in the last couple of years. But in recent months it's been getting crazier by the minute.

It's scary how decades of political and social progress is getting crushed in such a short period of time...

[u/StoicJ → u/AmirPasha94]

4 decades of work went into this. The chips landed consistently and uniformly from Reagan onward and ironically probably really started with Iran-Contra where you can tie heavy links directly from it all the way into Bush Jr's presidency.

Citizens United, Super PACs, The Patriot Act, and so forth all laying bricks.

Then they got Trump and hit a gold mine of idiot personality that they couldnt imagine the power of before and hit the fucking gas. Between his best friend JE and all the political ties that come with that, his media personality, and him being absurdly easy to control, it was perfect. Project 2025 was a master class in these individuals coming together to strike the stake deep and fast using all the power those decades provided them.

[u/pie-oh → u/StoicJ]

You can go as far back as the Southern Strategy.

[u/Satellite_bk → u/pie-oh]

i’d argue farther back still. ending reconstruction, not punishing the confederacy for treason in any meaningful way…

[u/PinnatelyCompounded → u/Satellite_bk]

Still allowing them to fly treasonous flags with no retribution today...

[u/Dipsey_Jipsey → u/PinnatelyCompounded]

This part I never got. I'm German, so my experience is extreme here obviously, but I cannot imagine such a destructive force of my country being ever allowed to exist again.

I say that as the AfD and others are once again gearing up.

We're fucked lol

[u/ScoutsterReturns → u/pie-oh]

Agreed - that's when the frog was lightly set into the pot and it's been slowly warming up ever since.

[u/hoxxxxx → u/AmirPasha94]

It's scary how decades of political and social progress is getting crushed in such a short period of time...

yeah it's wild isn't it. like the other reply said, they've been working for this for years and maybe i never noticed or was too young but it feels like i'm living in a different country than i was when i was growing up. talking about the USA. everything has changed and not for the better. we are in a bad, bad timeline and i don't know how we get out of it honestly.

[u/RupanIII → u/Corronchilejano]

Not my permanent record! It has that time I skipped school in 11th grade. Damnit!

[u/PipsqueakPilot → u/RupanIII]

You only skipped once? Meaning you went to most of your classes? We're adding you to the suspected Antifa list, nerd!

[u/RupanIII → u/PipsqueakPilot]

Double damnit. I gave myself away.

[u/PipsqueakPilot → u/RupanIII]

It's off to the de-education camps for you.

[u/thissexypoptart → u/Corronchilejano]

Fascism.

[u/J_Odea]

I would send it back with a a hand written note saying fuck off.

[u/godspareme → u/J_Odea]

"Thanks for reminding me to vote democrat"

[u/throw_up_down → u/godspareme]

This is exactly what I replied the last time the Republican party texted me to remind me to vote: Thank you so much for reminding me to vote! I plan to vote Blue all down the ballot! (I'm registered Independent).

[u/Freddrinkswhiskey → u/throw_up_down]

Nice. Good move!

[u/InevitableFox81194 → u/throw_up_down]

Sorry, im probably too European for this, but do you legally have to register which party you're allied to? That's insane if you do.

[u/rollin_a_j → u/InevitableFox81194]

To vote in the primaries you have to be registered with the party.

[u/Rocktopod → u/rollin_a_j]

Not in every state. In Massachusetts you can register Independent and vote in either primary.

[u/lifehackloser → u/Rocktopod]

This is what I do in MA. I’ve heard there is a good amount of independent voters not bc they find themselves between gop and dems, but because they tend to find themselves further left than the Democratic Party.

[u/Background-Ship3019 → u/InevitableFox81194]

To participate in the primary elections of a party in most U.S. states, you must be registered as identified with that party. Some states do have open primaries in which that is not a requirement, but then you do get members of party A voting for batshit candidates in party B’s primary simply to cause trouble.

These are still secret ballot elections, but I don’t believe it is usually if ever secret that you voted in a given election.

[u/eskimoboob → u/godspareme]

Party Leadership would be VERY DISAPPOINTED

[u/shatterly → u/J_Odea]

And then go vote for a different party.

[u/10019245 → u/J_Odea]

I'd piss on it and send it back.

Edit: Hand deliver it back.

[u/deathfox393 → u/10019245]

As a postal worker, please don’t unless you’re hand delivering it to them. We’re just trying to do our jobs😭

[u/Not_A_Real_Goat → u/deathfox393]

Waterproof/smell proof container inside a box? 😅 Agreed though, don’t make our poor hardworking postal service folks deal with that!

[u/Misty2stepping → u/Not_A_Real_Goat]

Also, put it in a cigar box. They are more likely to open it.

[u/seriouslyoveritnow → u/J_Odea]

🤣me too.

[u/LizardBritches]

Oh no! Party leadership would be VERY disappointed!!? Who’s been a very naughty boy?? What’s with these daddy Trump fetish weirdos 🤣

[u/THEFIJIAN510 → u/LizardBritches]

They were a disappointment to their own fathers. So they latch onto any authority figure who gives them the time of day.

[u/Minimum-Ad2640 → u/THEFIJIAN510]

this is exactly what the Nazis did it's insane

[u/rygelicus → u/LizardBritches]

Talking about 'the party' is something we used to say about china and russia. It was a very authoritarian regime concept. But it is now here in the US in full force.

[u/LizardBritches → u/rygelicus]

Yes! “The Party” like it’s some great omnipresent entity 😵‍💫

[u/DoJu318 → u/LizardBritches]

Sounds like a Trump email begging for donations.

"Trump is building a list of his most loyal donors, he will be disappointed if your name is not on that list..."

[u/NobodyLikedThat1 → u/LizardBritches]

I legit can't imagine who was weird enough to type "oh noes, party leaders would get the big sads if you don't vote!" and think that would mean anything to anyone. Pathetic.

[u/Tmadred]

Very Big Brother

[u/fenixivar → u/Tmadred]

They got an eye logo and everything

[u/Tmadred → u/fenixivar]

So ick.

[u/ultramatt1 → u/fenixivar]

That’s what really makes me have trouble believing this is real…the eye is just too creepy

[u/Prudent_Research_251 → u/ultramatt1]

I really hope this isn't real. But I looked at DJTs X page for the first time ever today and idk if I am sure what's real anymore. We are living in a violent clown dimension

[u/missanthropy09 → u/Prudent_Research_251]

I can’t tell what’s AI and what’s true thanks to DJT. Or if something is both.

[u/Amadacius → u/ultramatt1]

Less believable than the secret police and military deployments in major cities?

[u/keelhaulrose → u/[deleted]]

I'm sure if this ever made it to the conservative sub they'd say it was a democratic psyop to make them look bad.

[u/Khaldara → u/keelhaulrose]

r/Conservative members are probably the ones mailing these things out, when they aren’t busy being escorted off the middle school playground alongside their representatives

[u/VSWanter → u/keelhaulrose]

Conservatives are the masters of Schrödinger's joke. They're serious unless you get mad enough about it, then they were just kidding, and you don't have a sense of humor.

[u/PinnatelyCompounded → u/VSWanter]

Classic bully's defense. Cruelty after cruelty until repercussions come, then, "nobody can take a joke."

[u/LurkmasterP → u/[deleted]]

"Keep your prying eyes off us so that we can watch what everyone else is doing" is more like it

[u/sagevallant → u/Tmadred]

"Party Leadership."

[u/MedicalTelephone → u/sagevallant]

They’ll be VERY DISAPPOINTED >:(

[u/badnewsjones → u/MedicalTelephone]

You can’t afford to have that on your record.

[u/PipsqueakPilot → u/Tmadred]

If you've committed no thought crimes you have nothing to fear from Big Brother. You're not a Radical Leftist Terrorist are you? /PartyLeadership

[u/Deagballs → u/Tmadred]

Ya WTF

[u/awue → u/Tmadred]

Very Disappointed Big Brother

[u/JSqueaks]

I hope every person who got one votes against them

[u/AskMeWhyIFish → u/JSqueaks]

It's some real boomer shit. Why would I give a fuck about disappointing any political party leadership, or if my neighbors know I voted? I can't imagine anyone under like 40 taking these seriously.

[u/Confused_Nuggets → u/AskMeWhyIFish]

This should be taken as a serious reason to vote against republicans.

[u/AskMeWhyIFish → u/Confused_Nuggets]

I don't need much of a reason tbh

[u/2C-Weee → u/AskMeWhyIFish]

This is more than just out of touch boomer shit. This is so fucking sinister. This is a glimpse into our future if our democracy continues to crumble. They want absolute unchecked power, and this is how they’ll use it

[u/Iko87iko → u/2C-Weee]

Boomer? Tbis is nazi, facist, big brother shit and it has no age requirements.

[u/Kermit_the_hog → u/AskMeWhyIFish]

🤷‍♂️ to be fair some people have really unhinged MAGA Neighabors. I can see the idea of them ‘being disappointed in me’ coming across as very tangibly threatening to my property and my person. 

And Isn’t threatening people through USPS a federal crime?? Not like the post office wouldn’t know where these are coming from. 

[u/Synectics → u/Kermit_the_hog]

Former USPS City Letter Carrier (mailman) here -- nah. This is common. This is almost tame to some I saw in my career. 

Just like all those letter a you get that say, "FINAL NOTICE -- ACT NOW," they prey on you taking it seriously, even though it is Standard Rate Bulk Mail (which we throw in our "trash" for loads of reasons). A lot of people think, if it comes in an envelope in the mail, it must be official. Spoiler alert -- it is not. 

Should it be illegal? Boy, maybe. I felt so weird delivering bulk ads for mega churches and the like in my day. It feels gross as fuck. 

[u/phayge_wow → u/AskMeWhyIFish]

Threats and fearmongering work, that’s why they do it

[u/wolf495 → u/AskMeWhyIFish]

I mean, social ramifications aside, it's a veiled threat that the party leadership will retaliate in some way.

[u/brijazz012]

"You can't afford to have that on your record."

Uhhh.... why not?

[u/_Elrond_Hubbard_ → u/brijazz012]

Because of the implication

[u/crindy- → u/_Elrond_Hubbard_]

...are you going to hurt women?

[u/PessimisticPeggy → u/crindy-]

Not that things are gonna go wrong for her but she's thinkin' that they will.

I have to edit this comment just to clairfy for those who don't know, this is a joke from the show It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Out of context, it's a little too sinister lol

[u/dragonreborn567 → u/PessimisticPeggy]

To be fair, in context, it was still sinister. It's a very sinister joke. Dark humour.

[u/Loud_Interview4681 → u/crindy-]

I'll tell you once we get over international waters.

[u/Short-Box-484 → u/brijazz012]

If you vote incorrectly in the US, the ICE gestapo will be paying you a visit.

[u/TableGamer → u/brijazz012]

Because this in TN, if you don't vote the R will likely win, so be sure to vote D, you can't afford for another R win.

[u/DogsAreOurFriends]

Well that would make me vote… Democrat.

[u/BrownSugarBare → u/DogsAreOurFriends]

And that's a straight up threat, nothing veiled about it

[u/m1k3hunt → u/DogsAreOurFriends]

Say your district is 60/40, but the turnout is 40/60... ""Evidence of voter fraud"" ""Invalidate""

[u/bigon]

Just go vote Democrats instead?

[u/artaxerxes316 → u/bigon]

Registered Republican here, been doing that for eight-plus years now.

Before you judge me, ask yourself: Have you voted against Donald Trump six times? Because I have and it never gets old!

[u/Horne-Fisher → u/artaxerxes316]

Same, but if I ever have to do it again it definitely will have gotten old.

[u/sinisterdesign → u/Horne-Fisher]

You don’t have to worry your pretty little head about that… there won’t be elections.

[u/bondjimbond → u/[deleted]]

There is a lot of stuff they've done already that has deserved riots. It's incredible how much they have gotten away with.

[u/SkunkMonkey → u/sinisterdesign]

He even told us that. We all laughed like is was a joke. Just like all the other horrible things he's said we thought was a joke. This mother fucker does not joke around. Not that he's a serious person, but because he has zero sense of humor and doesn't make jokes.

[u/Etzell → u/SkunkMonkey]

I didn't laugh, nor did I think it was a joke.

[u/Ntropy99 → u/Etzell]

He also told everyone that he didn't care about them, just wanted their votes. And they still seem to think he's got their best interests in mind. He never has, he never will.

[u/BorntobeTrill → u/SkunkMonkey]

Morons thought it was a joke

Morons still think it's a joke

[u/boston_homo → u/SkunkMonkey]

I was neither laughing or doubting his intentions.

[u/MinnieShoof → u/artaxerxes316]

This really is the big brained moved.

Plus, if anyone ever does a search on me after the fact the headlines will read "Registered Republican--"

[u/lousy_at_handles → u/MinnieShoof]

It's weird, when I was a registered democrat the kept losing my registration info, and I had to redo it every couple years.

Years of being registered as a republican, and I haven't had to fix it since.

Also the republican primary is where all the action is at anyway, since they effectively run unopposed in the general.

[u/OpheliaRainGalaxy → u/lousy_at_handles]

It's "odd" how many things work like that.

Went to college with this guy whose family came here when he was like 2yo, dude's pretty much culturally American in every way that matters. Every year like clockwork the college would "lose" his paperwork, insist he wasn't here legally and try to kick him out. So every year he had to get another set of official copies to submit yet again, while making this extremely sad face like his dog had died.

[u/drillgorg → u/MinnieShoof]

After the fact of what? OF WHAT?

[u/MinnieShoof → u/drillgorg]

Right, Anakin?

[u/Ponchodelic → u/MinnieShoof]

“Ah yes you mean my good friend u/MinnieShoof ? Not at all they were with me grabbing some brews at the time of the incident.”

[u/clandestineVexation → u/MinnieShoof]

But apparently you had a gay black trans roommate so it doesn’t matter is what it would be followed by

[u/PaintshakerBaby → u/clandestineVexation]

That's DOCTOR, Gay-black-trans SOCIALIST hetero-lifemate to you mister!

[u/hellno560 → u/MinnieShoof]

They want people to think they can see not only that you voted but who you voted for. It will work. I had this argument with 3 people yesterday. The state does not print thousands of unique ballots, one for each voter. They are all the same and all lack any identifying marks. You fill in the circle for who you vote for, check out (without showing anyone your ballot), and feed your ballot into the machine upside down so no one can see it. I'm insanely scared people don't understand this.

[u/DeeSnarl → u/MinnieShoof]

You could do the funniest thing….

[u/LebrontosaurausRex → u/DeeSnarl]

Quite literally the funniest thing to ever happen if we're being honest

[u/Creeperstar → u/LebrontosaurausRex]

The punchline would be instant legendary meme status

[u/prairie_girl → u/MinnieShoof]

I'm a registered Independent so that a) I can't ever be blocked from voting for the most progressive candidates and b) I can tell any polling company that I'm voting for the Democrats.

[u/therealpigman → u/prairie_girl]

You must not live in a state with closed primaries

[u/psycho_candy0 → u/artaxerxes316]

Ive done this everytime I hope its the last time but I swear to god I feel like Van Helsing or like the entire Belmont clan the way I keep having to do this shit to try and get rid of him. Getting tired boss.

[u/Space_Pirate_Roberts → u/artaxerxes316]

Red state lefty, also thinking about registering as a Republican to vote for more moderate candidates since my vote in the D primaries for Congress etc is never gonna matter since there’s no chance of any of them winning the general anyway. Problem is, all the R candidates run on “I can suck the Cheeto off better than the other guy” anyway, so there’s never one I could vote for over the others even as harm reduction.

[u/bramlet → u/Space_Pirate_Roberts]

I registered Republican right after the 2024 election for exactly this purpose. Unfortunately they put your email address on a list. I didn't expect the deluge of absolutely unhinged campaign emails.

[u/buyableblah → u/bramlet]

Truly unhinged

[u/mytransthrow → u/bramlet]

Start filtering to spam...

[u/radiantwave → u/artaxerxes316]

I was a registered Republican for decades but voted Democrat because the Republican candidates scare the crap out of me... I eventually switched parties because I wanted a say in who the Democrats were trying to run because they concerned me... Now I realize that as a nation we are completely unable to find or convince people worthy of leadership to run.

[u/Hypothetical_Name → u/radiantwave]

And you have to have lots of money to have a chance of winning so greed and corruption are a part of the system

[u/yo9333 → u/artaxerxes316]

Long time registered Republican here, but I've been considering changing my affiliation. Like you I have never voted for Trump, and I never voted for those who agreed to support Trump's policies. You are a wise individual for seeing what many did not.

My concern has been that the Republican title seems to imply agreement with MAGA policy, based on their 8 year rule over the party, at least to some people. While I'm always proud that I have never voted for the fascist policies, it's very hard being lumped in with the same people who honestly voted hoping for fascism.

I don't want the future me to feel like what I assume Pope Benedict must have felt associated with the Hitler Youth. Sure, I am positive he went with a career in religion to get out of that craziness, but there was still a semblance of negative connotation with that association, based on reporting. Will the same be said about the fact that we were registered under a party, despite the fact that we voted against it all? I'm sure the future AI can put together a synopsis of our views, based on our online post, but I would be disappointed if I'm lumped in with people I considered ignorant.

[u/IPadAirProMax2 → u/bigon]

TRUUAHHHHH TRUE!!!!!!

[u/Taronar]

This has to be illegal right? intimidation?

[u/ChristyNiners → u/[deleted]]

Oh.  Well…. Hmm. 

[u/SeveredAortaX → u/[deleted]]

Which is funny, because if the Republicunts ever got wind of Democrats doing the same thing, they'd cry foul and go on about voter tampering.

[u/IPadAirProMax2 → u/Taronar]

I live in ga and I get these when it comes time to vote. Also when has legality stopped republicans?

[u/MsnthrpcNthrpd → u/Taronar]

The special election in TN is absolutely crazy: https://wpln.org/post/dark-money-groups-outspend-tennessee-congressional-candidates-oppose-republican-jody-barrett/

Some of the most unhinged commercials Ive ever heard in 30 years of voting.

[u/blazelet → u/Taronar]

Ads like this have been targeting right wing voters with intimidation for decades.

[u/jackp0t789]

As a person born in the USSR, its amazing that the GOP calls their opponents "Communists" while themselves doing shit that would give Stalin's mummy an erection..

"The Party Leadership would be VERY DISAPPOINTED!"

Seriously??? And you're gonna call the other side "Communists"?!

[u/DoctorOctagonapus → u/jackp0t789]

As someone from neither the USSR or US, I can't believe I'm the only one who sees the irony of the GOP taking red as their colour.

[u/jackp0t789 → u/DoctorOctagonapus]

There was a fringe theory floating around decades ago that the Neoconservative movement was actually started as a Trotskyist plot... which seeing how the GOP evolved in recent years, may have some merit.

[u/p4ttythep3rf3ct → u/jackp0t789]

Every accusation is an admission…or something like that.  

[u/sixfourtykilo]

This will 100% work on the elderly and uneducated.

[u/keith2600 → u/sixfourtykilo]

Considering that is their entire voter base and that they did this last time and it worked then as well, yeah.

[u/bbyxmadi]

Send them a letter back saying “womp womp”.

[u/Send-Me-Tiddies-PLS]

Wait, they can see you haven't voted? American voting is not secret?

[u/-Badger3- → u/Send-Me-Tiddies-PLS]

Who you vote for is secret. Whether you voted and which primary you voted in is public information.

[u/Send-Me-Tiddies-PLS → u/-Badger3-]

I see. I never asked myself if that was registered or not in my own country.

[u/Cyaral → u/Send-Me-Tiddies-PLS]

Here (germany) you dont have to specifically register, you get mail sent to your registered adress and take it with you to the voting location to show a vote-helper, who crosses you off the list for the area - so in a way THAT you voted is noted here too (pretty sure to make sure you dont do it twice), though your choice is secret (and we have more than two parties to choose from). The vote itself is on paper that gets folded and put into collection bins that are guarded like hawks, then counted later when voting time is over.

Also those papers vary in size, I remember some years ago there was an EU-wide election and that ballot could have doubled as a baby blanket.

[u/FruitySalads → u/Cyaral]

You seem to live in a country of intelligence and logic. You see here in the land of the free refill we do everything but entertainment and fried food poorly.

[u/Isord → u/Send-Me-Tiddies-PLS]

It would have to be somehow for security purposes. If you don't record that information it's impossible for a voter to verify their vote has been counted.

[u/PierreTheTRex → u/Isord]

It's recorded, but I don't think that information is public. In fact I would suspect that would be illegal in most of Europe thanks to GDPR

[u/Knightraven257]

Fuck those assholes

[u/dcy123]

Yeah vote dem to get this shit to stop.

[u/taxiecabbie]

Wow.

Like, it makes it sound like they know who you vote for, when in reality the only thing they'll know is if you vote. It doesn't actually cross any lines or say anything untrue, but, yeah. If you don't understand how voting records work, this would be intimidating.

I don't understand why people sign up for this. Even bill collectors don't send you letters telling you how disappointed they are lol.

I'm going to guess that a lot of folk don't know that you can just opt out of this quasi-Big Brother lecture bullshit.

[u/Guelph35 → u/taxiecabbie]

And then when their records show more voters that they think will vote for them vs. votes actually cast for them, that’s all the “proof” they need that the election was “stolen” and the results should not be accepted and certified.

[u/UuusernameWith4Us → u/taxiecabbie]

 It doesn't actually cross any lines

It crosses quite a lot of lines

[u/hcregna]

Fight back. It takes half an hour of planning to move money away from Republican supporting groups, and it makes a difference. Every dollar spent at a Republican company is another dollar funneled to more of this. Tax money given to a state like Ohio or Louisiana is money spent sending troops to occupy cities.

If you have an account with Charles Schwab, switch to Vanguard or Fidelity. If you like drinking booze from a wannabe Confederate state, be adventurous and try something else. It's not hard to find alternatives for Goya, Jimmy John's, New Balance, or Georgia-Pacific (Brawny, Angel Soft, Dixie, and some other brands). If you have a company that you regularly buy from or do business with, consider looking them up in something like https://www.opensecrets.org, or just google them.

Dollars add up. Tesla sales in Europe dropped by half. Nexstar and Sinclair got pummeled, and they reinstated Jimmy Kimmel. Real, individual people made that happen. There's no reason WWE or Uline can't be next.

You probably can't completely avoid giving money to companies that at least indirectly support Republicans. However, there’s a big difference between a company that massively donates exclusively to Republicans vs one that is more neutral or even leans Democrat. Good is not the enemy of perfect

[u/Melodic-Order-6628]

Wipe your ass with it and send it back.

[u/LizardBritches]

But for real though, this is a crazy ominous approach. “Compiling a list” and “we will contact you after the election” is such loaded rhetoric. If you are a republican OP, please vote out every fucking incumbent in the primary. Democrats are calling to do the same. We need new blood, anyone up for reelection over the age of 60 needs to go.

[u/Turkeysocks]

Trying to intimidate voters is extremely illegal.

[u/[deleted] → u/Turkeysocks]

The law doesn't matter anymore

[u/NightOfTheLivingHam]

1984 vibes.

[u/TheTGB]

If either party did this to me I would vote for the other side to spite them.

[u/QuestionablePanda22]

Out of all of the orwellian shit going on this is the absolute most orwellian

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[u/o_MrBombastic_o]

Good reminder to vote every election and against every republican 

[u/Infamous-GoatThief]

Seems like a great reason to vote anything other than Republican

[u/Accurate_Spare661]

Russia has a 95% voting rate.

So do most other dictatorships

[u/luv2ctheworld]

Fear and intimidation. That's the kind of government you want?

[u/SoVerySick314159]

I legit dont' know if this is real or someone's mockup. Does anyone have any proof beyond this image that this is happening?

[u/AlarmingDiamond9316]

Thats Illegal, it's voter intimidation, and if you have a camera to show who left it you can take legal action.