“Right to Life” robocalls from D.C. tell Wisconsin recall voters to stay home

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.bluecheddar.net/?p=10878

Jul 12, 2011

If you get a robocall informing you that you should not vote in a recall election in Wisconsin today, please double check. You need to go to the polls between the hours of 7AM and 8PM in 6 recall districts and vote in person as usual. In 6 districts-including District 10 where calls like these were received – it is too late to use an absentee ballot and if you ever do so, you can consult with your local clerk.

Look HERE to find out where to vote. And HERE is a rundown of who is running and where.


UPDATE: From an anonymous source on tumblr: ‘Why are you lying about Wisconsin Right to Life telling people not to vote. The entire script says:

“Hello, this is Barbara Lyons from Wisconsin Right to Life. I’m calling today to let you know that you will be receiving an absentee ballot application for the upcoming recall elections in the mail in the next few days. These recall elections are very important and voting absentee will ensure that your vote is counted and that we can maintain a pro-family, pro-life state senate. We hope that we can count on you to complete that application and send it back to us within 7 days.”‘

I am being called a liar for taking to task an organization that seems to be obscuring the truth: calling people to send them an absentee ballot the day before a make or break election which pits a real Democrat against a fake one. Whomever gets through this election faces off with the Republican. If the real Dem does not make it, they’re history. This election day is critical.


And here is a recording of the call: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxTLoxYEcHA&feature=player_embedded


Please record details if you get one of these robocalls. If you live in one of the recall districts and have the ability to record your phonecalls today either with your computer or an answering machine, please be prepared to do so.

I believe they’ve been received in district 10, which includes River Falls, and the 30th district, which includes Green Bay. The note which indicates district 30 was a target came from the Stand With Senator Dave Hansen group. This blog entry

says that district 10 was a target.

FULL story at link.

[sakabatou]

1. Fucking republicans....

[csziggy]

2. Contact info for Wisconsin Right to Life

http://www.wrtl.org/contactus/

Mailing address:
Wisconsin Right to Life
9730 W. Bluemound Rd., Suite 200,
Milwaukee, WI 53226

Phone:
Milwaukee-area callers:
[phone]

All other callers:
Toll Free [phone]

Fax:
Fax communications may be sent to: [phone]

Email:
General Email Address: [e-mail]

Office Hours:
Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Central Time)

Disclaimer from the organization:
http://thewheelerreport.com/releases/July11/0712/0712righttolife.pdf

[Scuba]

3. When you can't win on policy, cheating is all you have left. n/t

[Tesha]

4. You might think that since this effort crossed state lines, there's a Federal crime being committed

...somewhere in all of this.

Tesha

[Dept of Beer]

6. Don't hold your breath, though. Holder is too busy

busting the pothead hippies.

[ejpoeta]

5. they knew exactly what they were doing. they were trying to cause confusion.

first with trying to change the rules of voting. then sending out these robocalls to try to confuse voters regarding the primaries. i call bullshit on this as if it was some innocent reminder to gotv for the recall elections NEXT MONTH. bullshit.

[MadMaddie]

7. Isn't this voter intimidation? Why aren't there investigations

and prosecutions because when there is this shit will stop.

[no_hypocrisy]

8. Contact the FEC and have their 503(c) status revoked.

[Tesha]

10. 501(c)3

[Viking12]

9. WI Liars for Jesus engage in voter suppression tactics on day of recall primaries

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6_1Pw1xm9U