Sunday, October 26, 2014

Alaskan voters angered about letters revealing voting records of friends and neighbors and threatening to reveal more before the election.

Billionaire Paul Singer, whose Right Wing organization is behind the mailings.
Courtesy of KTUU:  

A series of letters from a shadowy group is telling Alaskans’ friends and neighbors whether they voted in previous elections -- and threatening to release their voting records in the Nov. 4 general elections. 

In letters photographed by Channel 2 viewers who received them, the Alaska State Voter Program lists 10 friends and neighbors, along with their home addresses and whether -- but not how -- they voted in the 2008, 2010 and 2012 elections. At least one person reported subsequently receiving an email from the group containing the text of the mailed letter. 

An introduction in the letters rhetorically asks why people don’t vote, then poses the group’s solution to the issue. The language is mirrored on the group's website, which allows people to generate a list similar to those in the letters by entering their name and mailing address or their Facebook account. 

“This year, we’re taking a new approach,” ASVP members wrote. “We’re sending this mailing to you, your friends, your neighbors, your colleagues at work, and your community members to publicize who does and does not vote.” 

Channel 2 viewers have uniformly condemned the Alaska mailings as an unwarranted intrusion on their privacy, with one saying a friend who received a copy of the letter at his Wasilla home did not respond well. 

“He and his wife are furious because the letter lists names and addresses of their neighbors and what years they voted -- which means their names are probably on a letter in other people's households,” the viewer wrote. “These types of shaming and bullying tactics are unacceptable and they cross the line.” 

A second viewer pointed out the possibility of information from the letters enabling criminal activity. 

“We recently had ID theft and the last thing we want to publicize is where we live,” the viewer wrote. “I wonder how many people are outraged like us.” 

A third viewer said the mailings represent a threat to Alaska-based service members’ operational and personal security. 

“How is this even okay to send out people’s names and addresses?” the viewer wrote. “What about the military families in this state who are trying to maintain proper OPSEC and PERSEC, who just had their names and addresses sent out to random other people?”

This Alaska State Voter Program attempts to camouflage itself as a local political outfit, even using some of our beautiful scenery on its website, but it is certainly NOT an Alaskan organization.

And by the way when they say "this year we're taking a new approach" that is bullshit as this seems to be the first year they have even been in existence. In fact they really don't seem to even exist today.

Gee I wonder where they came from, and who is paying for all of this?

Well KTUU has some of those answers: 

While ASVP isn’t registered with the Alaska Public Offices Commission according to Fenumiai, she said the interstate nature of its PAC would leave it covered by the Federal Election Commission. State officials have been unable to uncover much more about the nature and origins of the group, she said. 

An attribution at the bottom of the letters says they are paid for by the Opportunity Alliance PAC, a political action committee associated with the Republican-affiliated American Opportunity Alliance. The alliance’s website doesn’t list a page for Alaska, but includes links to an attack ad against U.S. Senate incumbent Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), as well as endorsements of Republicans Joni Ernst in an Iowa U.S. Senate race and Martha McSally for an Arizona U.S. House seat. 

Apparently the Opportunity Alliance PAC is run by billionaire Paul Singer who it just so happens donate $600,000 to Dan Sullivan's campaign last year.

Gee an out of state PAC supporting the carpetbagger trying to steal an Senate seat in Alaska? You could have knocked me over with a feather.

38 comments:

  1. Boscoe12:21 PM

    Definitely smacks of conservative drool. Authoritarian/fascist/oppressive approach? Check.

    Foolishly working against their own goals because they are ignoring reality? Check, when you consider it is a wellknown fact that the more voters show up at the polls, the better Democrats fare.

    So fuck it, I say let 'em shame the non-voters. ;P

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    1. Anonymous2:28 PM

      Is that why Palin had her little "Walker" soiree?
      Maybe she did vote for the big "O" in 08?

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    2. Anonymous2:44 PM

      I say "Outlaw all PAC S" they foster nothing but dirty tricks and insure only the richest can have a shot at winning.
      Outlaw them. If people want to give to a campaign fine. Limit the amount 5K and corps are not people.
      Fuck that shit.

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  2. Anonymous12:33 PM

    That shit cannot be legal. Voting or not voting is no ones business but the voter.

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    1. Anonymous1:22 PM

      I could care less if they published I voted in EVERY election! And, if I hadn't voted, who gives a flying fuck? Not Alaskans, that is for sure! Independent minds that we are!

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  3. Anonymous12:34 PM

    This is frightening. How did this group get access to those records is what I wonder. Something is totally haywire here. In the comment by Boscoe @12:21 he/she says let the non-voters be shamed. I am not so concerned about shaming the non voters as to protecting the information about those who voted. This invasion of privacy is very intimidating and so wrong.

    Pat Padrnos

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    1. Anonymous1:20 PM

      Sounds like they have an 'in' w/the Republican that heads the voting section for the State of Alaska! A big oops!

      Alaska is so damned corrupt! Beginning w/Parnell and Palin who have been in cahoots together - especially w/the Alaska National Guard.

      Take them both down Alaskans! Never to be heard from again!

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  4. Anonymous12:36 PM

    How is this legal? F#%$ THIS ASSHOLE.

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  5. honeybabe12:39 PM

    there must be a way to identify the source of this illegal action. hopefully it will come to light

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  6. Anonymous1:02 PM

    So:

    Track: One serious girlfriend/wife whom he is still on great terms with; she's still a good, longterm friend of the family

    Bristol: A few relationships typical of her age, one bad high school one where he was needy and they were allowed to do whatever in his house (sadie's words). Finally with a man who IS a real man, responsible and NICE

    Willow: 3 relationships total, first one she's still friends of the family, second was a brief rebound and third her current one

    Piper: like the others, not allowed to date until high school, though a boy likes her. Willow enjoys embarrassing her as siblings do (hey, at least she isn't Sadie who tried to run off off girls from Levi)

    Levi: several girlfriends, typical number for his age. Wanted to marry blond #1 from 2010. Moved in with blond #2 later than year and told her what she needed to do to be a good wife to him. She amended herself and fell into role. They married after only knowing each other 2 years and some former friends are surprised it's lasted

    Mercede: several boyfriends typical of age. Says I love you after a few weeks. They sleep over after days. Made one tattoo her name on his neck after 4 months and most of that he wasn't in the same state. Dumped. Last bf escalated fast and her mom said she felt like he was the one. Ended weeks later.

    Right after both of those, she concocted stories where she was "seeing" a famous person. First was a man even her mom's friends lusted after on screen. Second was THE biggest NHL star.

    Odd.

    Also, both Sadie and her sis in law dabble in photography yet never talk about it with each other. Sadie mocks her use of photoshop with friends.

    Odder.

    Liberals can lie all they want about conservatives. Doesn't change their truth.

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    1. Anonymous1:18 PM

      Since you claim to "know" the girls .... where is the DWTS baby?

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    2. Caroll Thompson1:19 PM

      WTF 1:02, this post is about people receiving letters from a dubious group, not about your jealousy of Levi, Sunny and Mercedes.

      But just for the record, I never read about Levi, Sunny or Mercedes crashing a party they were not invited to and instigating several fights. But if they did do that, I am pretty sure they would own up to their bad behavior and not blame others for their drunken selfs.

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    3. Anonymous1:21 PM

      I don't buy this crap at all ....

      if Bristol had as many dicks sticking out of her, as she has had stuck in her, she would look like a porcupine.

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    4. Anonymous1:31 PM

      I think you are on the wrong article. This one is about voter intimidation and invasion of privacy.

      Pat Padrnos

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    5. Anonymous1:33 PM

      Does Track fuck any of Todd's hookers?

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    6. Anonymous1:39 PM

      Conservaturd @ 1:02, is that you jealous, jealous Brisdull? Sure sounds like you. Just cain't find a husband can you?

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    7. Anonymous1:48 PM

      Are you tucking crazy? What does this have to do with this post. You are lost, you loony tune, go play in traffic.

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    8. Okay sorry for leaving the door ajar and letting the loon in.

      I would delete the insanity but sometimes it is a good idea to take a peek inside the psyche of those who still support Sarah Palin.

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    9. Anonymous2:05 PM

      Sarah's mother = knocked up before marriage

      Sarah = knocked up before marriage

      Bristol = knocked up MULTIPLE TIMES before marriage (Has their mother's PAC supporting her drug and alcohol fueled, child abusive life).

      (family of whorish women)
      ---------------------------------------------
      Sadie = NOT knocked up before marriage and is married with a family, and quite happily from the looks of it to a man who is totally devoted to her and their daughter (and child on the way)

      Mercede = NOT knocked up before marriage

      Intelligent, talented, beautiful women who can stand on their own two feet.

      So...You were saying?

      Truth doesn't exist in a vacuum. It's all relative to a liar and Bristol and her mother are pathological, habitual, knee-jerk liars.

      We HEARD the truth of Bristol and Willow Palin. Their foul mouthed, entitled, whining truths. We heard the disrespect of the police officers. We heard the threats, the accusations, the child crying in the background. We know the *truth* of the Palin clan and it isn't a pretty site to behold.

      Seems that you must feel awfully threatened to feel the need to post your little ditty. The walls are closing in on the Palins. Slowly, but surely. And THAT is why you are so scared shitless, isn't it?

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    10. Anonymous2:28 PM

      Anonymous 1:02.... This is wildly O/T...as far as your dating rundown of the people mentioned, we've already heard who they are.. those audio tapes tell us all there is to know. That is "their truth" and you're right, it can't be changed. I am a robot, but I figured out which numbers to guess in advance....:)

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    11. Anonymous2:46 PM

      Where's JILL? Did Trackmarks Kill JILL?
      Truth? Where's TriG birth cert BITCH!

      Aren't you on the wrong thread dearie? You old woman!?

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    12. Anonymous2:48 PM

      Anonymous1:21 PM

      I don't buy this crap at all ....

      if Bristol had as many dicks sticking out of her, as she has had stuck in her, she would look like a porcupine.
      ***
      OMGoddess that was FUNNY and true also,too!

      I guess the troll figured out the captcha :(

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    13. Olivia4:25 PM

      Hey, 1:02!

      This former reality star has not been on a show in some time, but because of who she is and her family i she still has A+ list name recognition. Apparently she is also yours for the night if you get her drunk enough. Five nights in a row she got wasted. Three of those nights she went home with a different guy. Hope she used protection otherwise her next reality show is going to be Maury. Now that would be a great episode of television.
      http://www.crazydaysandnights.net/2014/03/blind-items-revealed_4443.html

      Even odder, but we know it's true, don't we? And we know there are more stories like this, don't we?

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    14. Boscoe5:11 PM

      ROFL So we're pushing the "liberals attack the Palins because they are conservatives" meme are we? Hilarious. Not as hilarious as the original "liberals attack $arah because they fear her" meme, but still pretty funny.

      Let's get this straight once and for all: we mock the Palins because they are ignorant grifty professional white trash imbecile trolls who love to dish it out, then take deep personal umbrage when it gets reflected back.

      $arah put her family out there in front of the cameras herself. She's tried every conceivable way (besides doing something actually meaningful with their lives) to capitalize on them and her own notoriety as a failure/quitter with the least effort possible. Clearly, the easiest path to fame is negativity.

      Despite her delusions of Esther, the only power she has is the ability to incite anger in the minds of her dwindling trailer trash followers. "Know her by her fruits" as that Jesus guy would say.

      What would Jesus think about someone who on Monday says: "I have faith the Lord will choose the best leader for this country" and then on Tuesday, after finding out SHE wasn't the "chosen one", immediately launched into a "career" of doing everything in her petty power to undermine, belittle and emasculate the man who WAS?

      The saddest thing is that Sarah could have been that. She could have risen to true status and power instead of becoming a political sideshow freak. But that would have required work. That would have required tireless dedication to personal growth. That would have required a ravenous appetite for knowledge and unquenchable need to do for others instead of herself. And at least a modicum of self awareness.

      The saddest thing is that she'll never rise above her petty solipsistic heart. As a result, every grifty endeavor will become increasingly more difficult and frustratingly unfruitful as the hurricane of negativity she has created builds around her.

      And every day she'll know that the Clintons are out there somewhere, being better, more caring, more accomplished human beings than she and her clan will ever be.

      And the shame of it is, she built that.

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    15. Olivia6:04 PM

      Heh, heh, you said solipsistic. I can't wait to see if that ever turns up in Sally's word of the day. She hasn't done narcissist yet, so it could be awhile.

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  7. Anonymous1:16 PM

    Republicans constantly push that Dems don't vote. They are lying folks! Remember how the Dems came out and voted for President Obama TWICE? And, it was totally against their lyin' polls!

    They are an evil party. Democrats will vote and are voting, and will cream their asses. Especially in Alaska with the 'non Alaskan' Dan Sullivan. He'll high tail it back east when he loses never to be heard from again.

    I've already voted EARLY and for Senator Mark Begich!

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  8. Anonymous1:34 PM

    I remembered that name Singer and pulled a file from 2008 - http://thinkprogress.org/special/2011/10/10/339862/paul-singer-vulture-capitalist-journalists/
    Singer thinks he going to get away with his little election fraud cuz he has Alito and Thomas in the bag. DOJ is on the way to let him know fraud is fraud and jail is jail.

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    1. Anonymous2:51 PM

      DOJ is on the way to let him know fraud is fraud and jail is jail.
      ***
      Do you have a link for that? That would be AWESOME! Orange is the new black for REPUBLicans all of 'em ANY OF THEM!!! TRUE FOR THE DUMBASSED TROLL!

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  9. Anonymous1:57 PM

    MelvinVines @melvinvines · 42m 42 minutes ago
    "This is the billionaire who financed the campaign to destroy my life"
    Read this about Paul Singer.

    http://englishmanif.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/this-is-billionaire-who-financed.html

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  10. Anonymous1:58 PM

    Check this out

    THONGHAZI ! with Kenny Pick:

    https://soundcloud.com/kenny-pick/tutn-10-24-2014-thonghazi

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  11. Caroll Thompson2:03 PM

    I thought the Republicans want to suppress the vote. Are they now trying to shame non voters? It doesn't make any sense.

    Voter registration rolls are public records. From what I understand, whether you voted in an election is also a matter of public record.

    I guess I do not understand the motivation of this group. What are they trying to accomplish other than upsetting people?

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    1. Anonymous3:59 PM

      I bet the only people receiving these letters are the ones that some software has identified as likely Sullivan/ Parnell rethuglican voters.

      I bet at least one of Mitt and Angry Ann's sons is involved in this.

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    2. Anonymous7:47 PM

      No, I recieved one and I most certainly didn't vote Rethugican!

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    3. Anonymous11:54 PM

      Caroll, I believe you are correct that whether you vote in an election is a matter of public record. I got this same type of letter in Wisconsin for our governor's recall election in June of 2012 or for the regular 2012 elections in November. At the time I believe we thought it was funded by the Kochs. I remember being absolutely stunned that people could get away with this.

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  12. Anonymous7:29 PM

    Even Joe Miller chimes in on Dan Sullivan's funding: http://joemiller.us/2014/07/sullivan-superpac-funded-ohio-family-run-karl-rove-associate-goes-negative/

    I think it's interesting that Dan's brother is on the board of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. No wonder the chamber is putting out the smear ads against our Senator Begich!

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  13. Anonymous8:53 PM

    What ever happened to the secret ballot? There should be an arrest for disclosing that information. You guys up there in Alaska....

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  14. Anonymous9:52 AM

    Homer sullivan.these head shots look alot like homer simpson.mr burns(the koch brothers)pulling all the strings

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