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Written by Cory Doctorow on 2024-10-09 at 12:58

How is this not illegal??? Cards Against Humanity is PAYING people who didn't vote in 2020 to apologize, make a voting plan, and post #DonaldTrumpIsAHumanToilet—up to $100 for blue-leaning people in swing states. I helped by getting a 2024 Election Pack: http://Apologize.lol

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Written by Bredroll on 2024-10-09 at 13:00

@pluralistic lol

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Written by Ms. Denie on 2024-10-09 at 13:41

@pluralistic CAH is a happy reminder to me that this too is America.

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Written by Daniel Marks on 2024-10-09 at 13:48

@pluralistic If money is speech, then they are definitely making a statement here about the health of our democracy. Musk could have given EVERY American more than $100 for their vote for the amount he paid for X. Perhaps this is the end stage bread-and-circuses phase of the Republic.

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Written by LeBonk on 2024-10-10 at 02:36

@profdc9

@pluralistic He's already twiddling twidder to amplify rightoid shit over coconutposters and leftists

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Written by Rebecca Cotton-Weinhold on 2024-10-09 at 13:54

@pluralistic I also love this part, sign a petition so cards against humanity can get $47 from Musk. Magic!

Shortcut: sign here: https://petition.theamericapac.org/

And enter "MuskIsDumb@cah.lol" as referrer.

[#]uselection

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Written by InkySchwartz on 2024-10-09 at 14:34

@rlcw @pluralistic Yeah but I don't want them to have my info.

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Written by Third spruce tree on the left on 2024-10-09 at 17:33

@InkySchwartz @rlcw @pluralistic

That's what ALTs are for. Do you really think I'm a coniferous tree somewhere west of Sudbury?

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Written by Third spruce tree on the left on 2024-10-09 at 17:37

@InkySchwartz @rlcw @pluralistic

I mean, here's my driver's license, but, you know, these things can be faked:

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Written by Squozen 🇪🇺 on 2024-10-09 at 21:48

@tezoatlipoca seems legit!

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Written by Third spruce tree on the left on 2024-10-09 at 22:13

@Squozen that's got me into many a bar back when I only had a few dozen rings under my bark

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Written by Oreo Speedwagon II 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 on 2024-10-09 at 14:42

@rlcw @pluralistic

Oh, I totally filled that form out. This is so great!

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Written by SarcastiCat on 2024-10-09 at 14:51

@rlcw @pluralistic Wait. What happens if you put your name in the dumb website? There must be some value to the fascists in gathering names, or they wouldn't pay $47 for them. I mean, it's nice LOLZ and Cards Against Humanity may get some money, but if I was a USAian I sure wouldn't be filling out that form.

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Written by Rebecca Cotton-Weinhold on 2024-10-09 at 14:57

@Plumbert @pluralistic Probably the usual: contact data of people who supposedly support that stuff. Qualified leads are valuable.

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Written by Andreas Albrecht on 2024-10-09 at 15:10

@rlcw @Plumbert @pluralistic

There are reports in how this data is used to strike off people from voter registers shortly before the final registration date, so that they don't notice or are unable to re-register on time. This is well worth more than $47. Please do some research before you make your choices.

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Written by Pedro Machado Santa on 2024-10-09 at 15:16

@Datterich @rlcw @Plumbert @pluralistic Oh, this sounds wild AF, can you explain it again and a bit more slowly for the people in the back? 😟

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Written by Andreas Albrecht on 2024-10-09 at 15:27

@pedrosanta @Datterich @rlcw @Plumbert @pluralistic

I couldn't find the original article I read on it some time ago, but here is what a search engine came up with on this topic: https://www.democracydocket.com/analysis/what-you-need-to-know-about-voter-roll-maintenance/

I glanced through, it might give you some first hints for where to start a deep-dive.

Disclaimer: I didn't fact-check this linked article.

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Written by Andreas Albrecht on 2024-10-09 at 16:41

Addition: I remember now the article I read some time ago was about websites pretending to register you to vote. It warned that there is no central, nation-wide official website. Those "services" may lead people to the correct state website, forward your data to it, do nothing at all, or forward data only for some groups of voters and discard the rest.

It's like always on the web: Convenience might be a risky choice.

@pedrosanta @Datterich @rlcw @Plumbert @pluralistic

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Written by Rebecca Cotton-Weinhold on 2024-10-09 at 16:58

@Datterich @pedrosanta @Plumbert @pluralistic Signing this petition however does not claim to register you for voting, nor have I found anything in the article you shared on somebody being able to remove you from a voter list just because they don't like your face.

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Written by Andreas Albrecht on 2024-10-10 at 02:54

I am not saying you shouldn't use the offered service. I proposed to take into account more aspects before making a decision.

I found this article (in German language): https://www.bpb.de/themen/nordamerika/usa/314474/hindernisse-auf-dem-weg-zur-wahl/

@rlcw

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Written by Rebecca Cotton-Weinhold on 2024-10-09 at 15:16

@Datterich @Plumbert @pluralistic How can you strike voters from voter registers using this data?

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Written by Ian.Burnette on 2024-10-09 at 23:19

@rlcw @Datterich @Plumbert @pluralistic if you're playing by the rules, you can't, but the GOP already stole one election in 2000 by "accidentally" purging registered voters in FL (in districts which were likely to vote Gore).

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Written by Rebecca Cotton-Weinhold on 2024-10-10 at 07:14

@ianburnette @Datterich @Plumbert @pluralistic Yes, and they can already do that, without asking you to sign a maga petition.

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Written by TransitBiker on 2024-10-10 at 20:39

@rlcw @pluralistic ooo

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Written by kianryan ☑️🐙🏳️‍🌈 on 2024-10-09 at 14:01

@pluralistic

Damn being a weird British/Irish pervert with a West Wing obsession.

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Written by Em :official_verified: on 2024-10-09 at 14:38

@pluralistic Hahahaha this is awesome 😅

"We formed a Super PAC and bought the personal voting records of every American citizen from a data broker we found on the internet. It’s pretty fucked up."

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Written by Soliyra (she/they) on 2024-10-09 at 14:51

@Em0nM4stodon @pluralistic The voter file is essentially a public record. The fucked up part is that it's behind private companies' paywalls.

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Written by Old Man in the Shoe on 2024-10-09 at 14:59

@moonlitfractal @Em0nM4stodon @pluralistic It's thousands of files - companies are putting them together into one file, that's what they're getting paid for.

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Written by The Old Manse on 2024-10-09 at 16:25

@Em0nM4stodon @pluralistic does the US not have secret ballots? Or is this just whether you voted at all rather than for whom?

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Written by Sesame Creek on 2024-10-09 at 18:42

@theoldmanse @Em0nM4stodon @pluralistic It does not show who you voted for, but it does typically show party affiliation.

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Written by Michael Gemar on 2024-10-09 at 14:43

@pluralistic I’m less upset at them than at a federal contractor who receives billions from the US government publicly working for one candidate (which almost certainly is illegal).

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Written by Anroth Elf VOTED on 2024-10-09 at 14:52

@pluralistic@mamot.fr LOL...

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Written by White dude voted for Harris on 2024-10-09 at 14:55

@pluralistic trying to get a $9.99 card pack and am getting a error message.

Anyone else having the same problem?

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Written by Royfireball on 2024-10-09 at 14:55

@pluralistic They are not paying people to vote which is illegal. No vote is actually necessary to get the money, all you have to do is make a plan. It's genius.

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Written by CyberMat75 on 2024-10-09 at 15:26

@roy_fireball @pluralistic What if you only have a “concept” of a plan?

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Written by Benjamin Dumke-von der Ehe on 2024-10-09 at 15:36

@roy_fireball @pluralistic "concept of a vote"

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Written by Asta McCarthy on 2024-10-09 at 15:00

@pluralistic I knew your legal system was broken, but this bad?!?

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Written by Dave Wilburn :donor: on 2024-10-09 at 15:20

@pluralistic

FWIW, someone recently shared a link to 18 U.S. Code § 597, and it now has me a little concerned about the legality of this. I am looking into whether my donation can be refunded, and I'd recommend avoiding it.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/597

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Written by ploum on 2024-10-09 at 15:31

@pluralistic : as an European, the whole SuperPAC/data about electors is completely unbelievable.

As is the fact that so many people don’t vote (in my country, elections always happen on Sunday and it is mandatory to vote. You can be fined for not voting)

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Written by Leta_Darnell on 2024-10-09 at 15:52

@pluralistic The same reasons it's not illegal to prevent people from voting entirely because it is not illegal to prevent people to vote at all, because some whiner politician thinks they MIGHT vote blue.

These are people who bought land purely to prevent Trump's illegal wall. It's a case of 'you stop first entirely and I'll storp entirely'

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Written by YurkshireLad on 2024-10-09 at 16:22

@pluralistic didn’t musk or someone else just do the same thing?

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Written by Paraplegic Racehorse on 2024-10-09 at 17:48

@pluralistic

This and the make-Elon-pay thing are outliers in my VPN-exit-point history. Normally, due to IP geofencing, I very much want my apparent IP address to be somewhere in Europe. With this, I want it to be somewhere in the US; except I'm not willing to allow all my /other/ traffic to appear temporarily in the US just to support these initiatives. Sigh.

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Written by Peter Lee on 2024-10-09 at 19:40

@paraplegic_racehorse @pluralistic

Do you have a local library?

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Written by Nathan Salwen on 2024-10-09 at 20:03

@pluralistic Is that different than Trump paying influencers? They aren't being paid to actually vote.

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Written by John W. O'Brien on 2024-10-10 at 01:26

@pluralistic How is this not illegal??? Cards Against Humanity is PAYING people who didn't vote in 2020 to apologize, make a voting plan, and post #DonaldTrumpIsAHumanToilet—up to $100 for blue-leaning people in swing states. I helped by getting a 2024 Election Pack: www.Apologize.lol

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Written by John W. O'Brien on 2024-10-10 at 01:32

@pluralistic Be prepared to make this choice.

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Written by Eli Wallach's favorite Bass on 2024-10-10 at 01:49

@pluralistic Alas, it couldn't find my registration which sucks cuz I could use the $100 right now

Although I don't know if New York is swing state-ish

So it might be less

I'm a little surprised that they kept such bad records at Morningside heights

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