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Mon 3 Nov, 2008 08:56 pm
The residents of Broward County, Florida have recently received misleading robocalls telling them that they can vote by phone on Election Day, according to a report in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel on Friday.
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The report didn't provide many details, other than the fact that the voice fallaciously identified itself as Elections Supervisor Brenda Snipes.
When asked whether she had heard about the calls, the supervisor's public service director said that she hadn't, and that of course voting by phone is not an option.
The call is just one of a number of dirty tricks being pulled off around the country just before record numbers of voters are expected to turn up at the polls on Election Day.
Another unknown group is distributing flyers with official-looking letterhead around the area of Hampton Roads, Virginia that erroneously informs recipients that because of the crowds at the polls, the Virginia State Board of Elections is scheduling Republicans to vote on November 4th, and Democrats on the 5th.
<scratches "Vote on Wednesday" from calendar>
@gustavratzenhofer,
If you'd picked up your phone and voted early like the rest of us, you wouldn't have to drive to town on Wednesday.
@dyslexia,
Let me guess, Obama and his crew are up to no good again.
@JTT,
I cant vote cause Ill be picked up for all my traffic tickets.
@farmerman,
Dang I was hoping to call my vote in. Oh well maybe next time.
@dyslexia,
Those Dirty Democrats are at it again with their robocallers.
Vote early! Vote often! Any way you can get around it!
@margo,
THey said I can vote by using the *79 function on my cell.
@dyslexia,
Actually I think you can... if say you are unable to reach a polling place due to your service in the military. Special Ops units, located deep in enemy territory, vote by satellite phone via proxy.
@cjhsa,
cjhsa wrote:
Actually I think you can... if say you are unable to reach a polling place due to your service in the military. Special Ops units, located deep in enemy territory, vote by satellite phone via proxy.
thanks for sharing that info shiksa, I'm sure many of us did not realize there are Special Ops units deep in Florida.
@dyslexia,
Quote:I'm sure many of us did not realize there are Special Ops units deep in Florida.
Seems eminently sensible to me - certainly after the hanging chads fiasco!
Someone should blow chads up!
I'm way ahead of all of you. I voted by mail last week. I hope it got to the voting office in Quangdong China by now!
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