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elleng

(130,895 posts)
Thu Feb 6, 2014, 06:28 PM Feb 2014

*Message from Wendy Davis. SHARE!

We have received some reports that an entity has been making robo-calls to our supporters in attempt to solicit donations. These calls are not from our campaign or anyone affiliated with our campaign. The call begins with audio of a woman, whom callers are led to believe is Senator Davis. If you receive any of these fraudulent calls, please transcribe as much information as you can and report it to us at info@wendydavistexas.com.

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*Message from Wendy Davis. SHARE! (Original Post) elleng Feb 2014 OP
Republicans dirty tricks! sheshe2 Feb 2014 #1
Republicon occcultism. Berlum Feb 2014 #2
Juanita Jean is getting the word out on this Gothmog Feb 2014 #3
I just got my mail-in ballot application today for all of 2014. ananda Feb 2014 #10
Yeah Gothmog Feb 2014 #13
Can they ever do anything honestly? n/t monmouth3 Feb 2014 #4
Apparently not. nt 2naSalit Feb 2014 #5
Rhetorical question? 11 Bravo Feb 2014 #12
I hope Wendy wins. n/t whttevrr Feb 2014 #6
K & R !!! WillyT Feb 2014 #7
Kick.. thanks ellen~ Cha Feb 2014 #8
kick!! BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2014 #9
K&R Firebrand Gary Feb 2014 #11
That has to be Wire Fraud, at the very least. another_liberal Feb 2014 #14

sheshe2

(83,755 posts)
1. Republicans dirty tricks!
Thu Feb 6, 2014, 06:34 PM
Feb 2014

Figures.

They can never win an election with out outright lies, distortions, theft or dirty tricks. Bottom line, they got nothing!

Thanks for posting this elleng!

Gothmog

(145,225 posts)
3. Juanita Jean is getting the word out on this
Thu Feb 6, 2014, 07:08 PM
Feb 2014

The state party had a conference call about this stunt last night http://www.juanitajean.com/2014/02/06/heads-up-the-dirty-tricks-have-begun/

This arrived from the Wendy Davis campaign this morning. I was on a conference call last night with the campaign and heard about it there. It is legitimate.

Dear Friends,

We have received a number of reports that an entity has been making robo-calls to our supporters in attempt to solicit donations. The call begins with an audio of a woman [whom callers are led to believe is Senator Davis] and continues with giving callers an option to press “1” to continue hearing the message. Some of these calls have reportedly made solicitations for campaign contributions or simply rang endlessly.

These calls are not from the Wendy Davis campaign nor from anyone affiliated with our campaign. If you receive any of these fraudulent calls, please transcribe as much information as you can from the call, note the caller and number from the caller ID and send us an e-mail to info@wendydavistexas.com. We are tracking these calls and are continuing to alert our supporters of this deviance.

Thank you again for your support.

Best regards,

Sydney L. Jones
Political Director
Wendy Davis for Texas

However, if you are over 65 or disabled, you will get a legitimate robo call from Leticia Van De Putte letting you know that your form to request a ballot by mail will arrive soon. Robo calls are worthless unless they convey an immediate message. This message is immediate and important. That’s why we’re doing it.

Be careful out there. Republicans are the dog dump of ethics.

ananda

(28,859 posts)
10. I just got my mail-in ballot application today for all of 2014.
Thu Feb 6, 2014, 08:00 PM
Feb 2014

It's stamped and ready to go.

I voted by mail in November too. It's very nice and it's
a paper ballot.

Gothmog

(145,225 posts)
13. Yeah
Thu Feb 6, 2014, 08:10 PM
Feb 2014

I need to check with my county election administrator. Last week the republicans had over 2,000 ballots by mail applications in compared to 28 for the Democrats. The election office should be getting a number of Democratic vote by mail applications in this week.

BTW, according to my county's election administrator, a couple of candidates used last years form and their voters did not sign up for the November election

11 Bravo

(23,926 posts)
12. Rhetorical question?
Thu Feb 6, 2014, 08:10 PM
Feb 2014

If they were honest they couldn't find a job scraping slug shit out of the bottom of a septic tank.

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