(11-25-2020, 11:30 AM)StroudCrowd1 Wrote:

(11-25-2020, 11:17 AM)TJBender Wrote: So back to this topic, I checked my mail yesterday and found these:



So, two things of note:

1. The postmarks are from MA and CA. Just pointing that out before anyone else does.

2. One was so kind as to include a stamped ballot request envelope in with the letter from the county Democratic Party that happens to be based in MA. But still--Georgia is a nonpartisan state as far as voter registration is concerned. Those flyers and letters went to everyone, at least everyone in certain counties that lean left. Why is the Republican Party not calling and texting me saying "make those idiots pay to send you an absentee ballot that you use to vote for us"? Why did I just get the first Republican campaign flyer I've ever seen that mentioned early voting, even if it was in tiny letters below "VOTE JANUARY 5TH"? There is a game here to be played. The 2020 Presidential election proved it, and this country isn't going back to the traditional stand in line on November Xth model again. Why didn't the Republican Party embrace that the way Democrats did? Answer that question and you'll know why Trump got his [BLEEP] handed to him 306 times.

I have a fundamental problem with this whole process. I feel voting should be 100% voluntary. Sure, social media can encourage you to vote and continue to hammer the importance of voting, but the stuff you showed is a step too far.

It's still voluntary though. All these guys are doing is sending out a ballot request form, not a ballot. The ballot request form is not pre-filled (just checked)--if it was, I'd have a huge problem with that, because that is getting close to territory we shouldn't be near.

Honestly, my only real problem with it is that these letters are coming from MA and CA and are for a GA-specific election. One of them is even made up to look like it's coming from just down the street, and if you don't see the postmark, you'd never know. You and I never disagreed on the need for campaign finance reform. PACs and super PACs need to be a thing of the past, with a hard cap on campaign donations that applies to individuals, charities and companies across the board. But sending letters to voters, even sending them a blank ballot request and a SASE isn't too far for me.

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