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lapietra · 05-21-2004, 05:22 AM

I just got this thing in the mail!

It says I'm "among a select group of Republicans who have been chosen to take part in the official CENSUS OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

Enclosed is your GOP CENSUS DOCUMENT which was assigned and prepared especially for you as a representative of all Republicans living in your voting district."

This is followed by a registration number and Voting District Code. They want money.

I am registered as a Democrat.

How could this have happened?

I guess I'll call them tomorrow and ask... maybe I should have put this in the paranoid thread...

weissenflatz · 05-21-2004, 06:34 AM

sounds like just another internet scam. chances are about 50 (?) % you're a republican, so many people will not even be as surprised.

My advise: delete the email and forget about it. Reacting to it will only confirm that the email address they sent it to is a real one, and is being read.

Aphrodite · 05-21-2004, 06:38 AM

This came in the postal mail I believe.

nycwriters · 05-21-2004, 07:26 AM

Hrm. I wonder ... anywhere on that document is there a place where you check off party affiliation? I'm wondering if anything on it would change your registration to republican (although that does not guarantee you'd vote republican -- I mean a registered republican when he or she gets into the voting booth has the capacity to vote democrat right? I can't vote so I don't know.)

sparticle · 05-21-2004, 09:47 AM

I hope it came in a plain brown wrapper, and that the neighbors didn't see -- that's the kind of thing that makes people move away before the property values go down!

Audreyvgs · 05-21-2004, 09:48 AM

Burn it.

sparticle · 05-21-2004, 09:49 AM

It also proves that they'll stop at nothing to get money.

I'm not a registered anything. I figure the government probably knows what I had for breakfast this morning; the hell if I'm going to give them any free information.

Ah, yes....the Paranoid Thread....maybe I should wander over there.....

Smartypants · 05-21-2004, 01:39 PM

Reminds me of a friend who once worked for a candidate in the Midwest. The campaign sent postcards to voter registration mailing lists of ALL likely voters (dem and rep) and did one of two things when the ones with bad addresses were returned: If it was a democrat, they tracked him/her down and told them that they hadn't corrected the info with the state and helped the voter correct the error; if it was a republican, they reported it to the Registrar of Voters as an invalid registration so the voter would be turned aways from the polls on election day. (Yes, this stuff is NOT just inthe realm of Republicans!!)

While my first thought for you, Lala, is that it was just badly spent marketing money, it could be from an organization like my friend's, trying to increase the chance of Republican votes -- and raise money, of course -- and hoping to un-register a few democrats who haven't been diligent about keeping their registration current.

SP, conspiracy theorist

lapietra · 05-21-2004, 02:32 PM

"Marketing scam" very much *did* cross my mind.

I had a fleeting thought of filling it out and sending it in... if only to possibly help skew things a tiny bit

But I think I'll just toss it, and make sure my registration is current!

05-21-2004, 05:22 AM	#1
lapietra half baked Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: just ducky Posts: 12,078	republican party census document - help! help! I just got this thing in the mail! It says I'm "among a select group of Republicans who have been chosen to take part in the official CENSUS OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. Enclosed is your GOP CENSUS DOCUMENT which was assigned and prepared especially for you as a representative of all Republicans living in your voting district." This is followed by a registration number and Voting District Code. They want money. I am registered as a Democrat. How could this have happened? I guess I'll call them tomorrow and ask... maybe I should have put this in the paranoid thread... __________________ “As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes.” ~ Mel Brooks

05-21-2004, 06:38 AM	#3
Aphrodite Myth Demeanour Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: My tent Posts: 3,041	This came in the postal mail I believe. __________________ Monkey on the Halfshell

05-21-2004, 01:39 PM	#8
Smartypants MR. Smartypants to you. Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Oh, YOU PEOPLE go ahead and call it "Frisco." See if I care. Posts: 3,967	Reminds me of a friend who once worked for a candidate in the Midwest. The campaign sent postcards to voter registration mailing lists of ALL likely voters (dem and rep) and did one of two things when the ones with bad addresses were returned: If it was a democrat, they tracked him/her down and told them that they hadn't corrected the info with the state and helped the voter correct the error; if it was a republican, they reported it to the Registrar of Voters as an invalid registration so the voter would be turned aways from the polls on election day. (Yes, this stuff is NOT just inthe realm of Republicans!!) While my first thought for you, Lala, is that it was just badly spent marketing money, it could be from an organization like my friend's, trying to increase the chance of Republican votes -- and raise money, of course -- and hoping to un-register a few democrats who haven't been diligent about keeping their registration current. SP, conspiracy theorist __________________ "I don't think God wants us to believe in him. If he wanted us to believe in him he'd do something about it -- like exist perhaps!" --Linda Smith

05-21-2004, 02:32 PM	#9
lapietra half baked Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: just ducky Posts: 12,078	"Marketing scam" very much did cross my mind. I had a fleeting thought of filling it out and sending it in... if only to possibly help skew things a tiny bit But I think I'll just toss it, and make sure my registration is current! __________________ “As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes.” ~ Mel Brooks

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05-21-2004, 06:34 AM	#2
weissenflatz It's just words I write Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Warsaw, Poland Posts: 1,467	sounds like just another internet scam. chances are about 50 (?) % you're a republican, so many people will not even be as surprised. My advise: delete the email and forget about it. Reacting to it will only confirm that the email address they sent it to is a real one, and is being read.

05-21-2004, 07:26 AM	#4
nycwriters Stuck in T.O. Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Floundering Posts: 4,134	Hrm. I wonder ... anywhere on that document is there a place where you check off party affiliation? I'm wondering if anything on it would change your registration to republican (although that does not guarantee you'd vote republican -- I mean a registered republican when he or she gets into the voting booth has the capacity to vote democrat right? I can't vote so I don't know.)

05-21-2004, 09:47 AM	#5
sparticle Conspiracy Theorist Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: cleveland, oh Posts: 4,702	I hope it came in a plain brown wrapper, and that the neighbors didn't see -- that's the kind of thing that makes people move away before the property values go down!

05-21-2004, 09:48 AM	#6
Audreyvgs Blue's Clues Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: on Yur Last Nerve, huh? Posts: 5,412	Burn it.

05-21-2004, 09:49 AM	#7
sparticle Conspiracy Theorist Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: cleveland, oh Posts: 4,702	It also proves that they'll stop at nothing to get money. I'm not a registered anything. I figure the government probably knows what I had for breakfast this morning; the hell if I'm going to give them any free information. Ah, yes....the Paranoid Thread....maybe I should wander over there.....