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napi21

(45,806 posts)
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 07:00 PM Oct 2020

I voted by mail already, but I have to ask everyone, are you getting bombarded with "VOTE" mail?

There are lots of TV ads to vote & how & where to do so, I've been getting at least 2 vote reminders via mail daily. Yesterday I got 5! Today there were 3. I know we're all reminding all we know to make sure turnout is HIGH, but I NEVER remember getting bombarded with reminders like this, and I'm 77 so I have a lot of past elections to compare. I've checked to see who was behind these mailings but it appears there are a lot of individual groups that aren't conspicuously linked to any party.

I hope all this attention produces the highest turnout ever, but why do you think there are so many mail/ads?

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I voted by mail already, but I have to ask everyone, are you getting bombarded with "VOTE" mail? (Original Post) napi21 Oct 2020 OP
Yep. Lots of $ out there to spend. MomInTheCrowd Oct 2020 #1
Oh yeah! But-- this is the first time in NY that we have early voting and the first time we don't... TreasonousBastard Oct 2020 #2
Yes. Already voted as well. bullimiami Oct 2020 #3
Bombarded by donation requests too! 634-5789 Oct 2020 #4
Check Who Sent it first SmartVoter22 Oct 2020 #5
So did I, and yes, bombarded to 'vote,' elleng Oct 2020 #6
I'm not but happybird Oct 2020 #7
we don't watch TV or listen to the radio - I am getting bombarded with emails and texts! NRaleighLiberal Oct 2020 #8
Almost $1B in donations to Dems (maybe more) relayerbob Oct 2020 #9
I must get 4 or 5 pieces of election snail mail, election "brochures" or election large postcards BumRushDaShow Oct 2020 #10
Multiple text messages daily by DNC, local dems, state Dems and everyone else. FloridaBlues Oct 2020 #11

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
2. Oh yeah! But-- this is the first time in NY that we have early voting and the first time we don't...
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 07:04 PM
Oct 2020

need an excuse for absentee.

Everybody's out there making sure we get it right.

SmartVoter22

(639 posts)
5. Check Who Sent it first
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 07:09 PM
Oct 2020

Many SuperPACs are sending mail pieces. See who sent it.
If it is not from the actual candidate's official campaign. Toss it and forget what it said.

These groups do not have to state facts, do not have to validate any claim and are pretty much worthless.

Like TV ads, not from the actual cadidate is useless and likely not true.

elleng

(131,084 posts)
6. So did I, and yes, bombarded to 'vote,'
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 07:10 PM
Oct 2020

but MORE annoying, 'From: Your Manhood: Dark erection secret!'



Sorry y'all have this problem, guys, but wish they'd stop 'bugging' me!

happybird

(4,622 posts)
7. I'm not but
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 07:12 PM
Oct 2020

two of the people who rented the house prior to me are.

I keep marking stuff “Return to Sender” and “No Longer Resides At This Address,” to no avail. I was also worried that their mail-in ballots might be in my box.

relayerbob

(6,554 posts)
9. Almost $1B in donations to Dems (maybe more)
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 07:16 PM
Oct 2020

And nowhere to hold rallies.

Plus an incredible number of volunteers

BumRushDaShow

(129,415 posts)
10. I must get 4 or 5 pieces of election snail mail, election "brochures" or election large postcards
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 07:20 PM
Oct 2020

along with dozens of emails and multiple voice calls (land line and cell that I don't answer) - and the past month, at least several text messages on my cell phones... every damn day. I even got a knock at the door this afternoon that I didn't get chance to check on because I was in the middle of moving plants from outside and peeped out to see what looked like a canvasser.

And these are coming from multiple organizations - some Biden/Harris campaign-related, some from the city and state, some from orgs like AARP, but more recently, a lot of it is coming from voter/voting-related orgs, that includes info on how to request and submit the mail-in absentee ballots here in PA.

I literally live in one of the city Wards that always has one of the highest voter turnouts for any election, including off-year primaries, but no one can say that there is "no voter outreach".

FloridaBlues

(4,008 posts)
11. Multiple text messages daily by DNC, local dems, state Dems and everyone else.
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 07:56 PM
Oct 2020

Glad to see this but it does get crazy by the amount of texts I am getting.

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