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THE NIGHT BEFORE THE
ELECTION, AN ELECTION
LETTER IS MAKING IT WAY
INTO
MAILBOXES THAT'S MAKING
PEOPLE CONCERNED.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY
VOTED IN
PREVIOUS ELECTIONS.
10 ON YOUR SIDE'S JASON
MARKS JUST GOT BACK FROM
HAMPTON WITH THE
STORY NEW AT ELEVEN.
JASON?
ALVETA, A HAMPTON WOMAN
CALLED 10 ON YOUR SIDE
BECUASE SHE FELT
THIS LETTER WAS AN
INVASION OF PRIVACY. SHE
CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY
HER NEIGHBORS SHOULD KNOW
IF SHE VOTES OR NOT.
59=:22:16 "I'VE NEVER
SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT IN
MY LIFE" THIS HAMPTON
VOTER SAYS SHE'S A
PRIVATE PERSON. SO
PRIVATE SHE
DIDN'T WANT HER FACE ON
CAMERA-- BUT SHE SAYS
VIRGINIA BASED
POLITICAL GROUP VIOLATED
HER PRIVACY
59=18:03 "I THINK IT'S
VERY INTRUSIVE WHEN
SOMEBODY TAKES IT UPON
THEMSELVES TO NOTIFY ALL
MY NEIGHBORS OF WHAT I'M
DOING"
SATURDAY-- SHE GOT THIS
LETTER IN THE MAIL-- FOR
THE NON PARTISAN
GROUP AMERICANS FOR
LIMITED GOVERNMENT.
59=23:00 "WE'VE CONDUCTED
AN AUDIT OF PUBLIC
VOTING RECORDS
IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND
WANTED TO PRESENT YOU
WITH
FINDINGS OF YOUR PAST
CIVIC PARTICIPATION IN
YOUR COMMUNITY"
THE LETTER LISTED SOME OF
HER NEIGHBORS AND TOLD
HER IF THEY
VOTED IN THE PAST TWO
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS.
59=19:40 "WHY ARE YOU
VOTING ALL MY NEIGHBORS
OF MY VOTING HISTORY
AND WHY ARE YOU VOTING ME
OF THEIR VOTING HISTORY"
THE INFORMATION IS A
MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD
AND THE LETTERS
ARE LEGAL. THE GROUP
CLAIMS THEY WERE SENT OUT
SIMPLY TO
ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO VOTE.
59=:17:58 "I THINK IF
THEY WERE
ENCOURAGING THAT WOULD BE
ONE THING BUT THIS IS
ALMOST LIKE
COERCION" 72=:29:18
"RIDICULOUS I JUST
THINK THAT IT'S NOBODY'S
BUSINESS WHETHER
SOMEONE VOTED OR NOT"
RUSS GENTRY LIVES NEXT
DOOR. HE
DIDN'T GET THE MAILER.
THOUGH HE BELIEVES IT
SHOULDN'T HAVE
BEEN SENT OUT-- HE
DOESN'T CARE IF HIS
NEIGHBORS KNOW IF HE'S
GOING TO THE POLLS.
72=:30:55 "I DON'T
ANYBODY KNOWING
WHO I VOTED FOR BUT THE
FACT THAT I VOTED THAT'S
HEAR NOR THERE
THAT'S FINE" SIMILAR
LETTERS WENT OUT TO
VOTERS IN 19 STATES.
59=:23:29 "PLEASE
CONTINUE YOUR
PARTICIPATION AND
EXERCISING YOU'RE RIGHT
TO VOTE"
THIS WOMAN SAYS SHE WAS
PLANNING TO VOTE
ANYWAY.. SHE DIDN'T NEED
ANY LETTER TO CONVINCE
HER. 62=:24:32 "IT MAY
LEGAL BUT IT'S NOT
WELCOME"
WELCOME"
VOTER REGISTRATION AND
VOTING HISTORY ARE PUBLIC
RECORD.
WHAT'S NOT IS WHO YOU
VOTED FOR. I SENT SEVERAL
EMAILS AND I CALLED
AMERICANS FOR LIMITED
GOVERNMENT SEVERAL TIMES
TODAY. WE WANTED TO ASK
THEM MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT
SENDING THE
LETTERS, BUT NEITHER OUR
CALLS OR EMAILS WERE
RETURNED.
JASON MARKS 10 ON YOUR
SIDE
