Comments on: A Frightening Surprise in the Mail Box

By: Tinabelle

Tinabelle — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:55:38 +0000

I have a feeling that we live in the same state. I, too, received the same info. about people in my neighborhood who voted. Like you I was totally shocked and angry with this tactic. It was a creepy feeling that people were accessing information and using it this way. I know voting records are public but this use of them is a new one for me. What will be next? I didn’t like it either. I know of many others who feel the same way. Definitely NOT overreacting!

By: AARPat

AARPat — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 15:17:27 +0000

This is outrageous! You’re not over-reacting. How about writing the local newspaper? This would make a terrific local political story and would expose the people who put the mailing together. If you’re willing to make public your voting record, it would also underscore how false the information was. If your local NPR station does local news, it would probably be interested also.

By: Victoria S

Victoria S — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 13:36:42 +0000

I second that. Absolutely not over reacting! Wow, I hope the candidate that did that did not get elected. The fact that something is legal doesn’t make it right and boy was he/she wrong! That was a treacherous thing to do to people you want to do something for you. I wouldn’t vote for that candidate ever again

By: LeeB.

LeeB. — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 13:35:00 +0000

I would be livid. And I would contact the elections board and find out if what that candidate did was legal. If it was, I would contact that candidate and give him/her a piece of my mind.

By: Tee

Tee — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 12:30:58 +0000

Maggie: What are your thoughts? Am I over reacting? Or would you too be just a little bit offended by what occurred?

Absolutely not over reacting. That was a horrible invasion of privacy. As you say, it's public record, but they went beyond by passing out these statistics to your neighbors. It was not the "neighborly" thing to do at all. Quite frankly, if that happened in my area, I would be up in arms. Even if what this committee did was within legally acceptable boundaries, it still was not the right thing to do in a neighborhood of people. I feel we have the responsibility to vote in every election, but that's not something with which everyone agrees. This was a very tacky attempt to achieve voting participation.