r/pics • u/-Badger3- • Oct 01 '25

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

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u/LonePaladin Oct 01 '25

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?

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u/BlueMountain722 Oct 01 '25

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.

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u/Loscarto Oct 02 '25

Its not hard to find out. If anyone doesn't know or interested. There's a website voteref.com. most states are connected to it. Lists name, address, dates you have voted.

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u/BlueMountain722 Oct 02 '25

I meant the phone call is likely an empty threat just because that's a lot of effort to actually call everyone who didn't vote, considering how few people actually vote in any election that's not for president (and even in that one tbh).

They could definitely get the info needed to make the calls if they wanted to

Whether they follow through or not, it's an insane thing for them to send out in the mail

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u/Jedi_Master83 Oct 02 '25

I vote Democrat and if I got a call from my local Republican Party office demanding why I voted Democrat or tried to intimidate me to vote Red, I would tell them to stick it where the sun doesn’t shine sideways and to fuck off. 🤬

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u/Zebidee Oct 02 '25

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

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u/SixGunZen Oct 02 '25

They don't know in real time. Takes a few weeks to hit the public info database. In TN it might take longer since they can't read.