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I am a registered Democrat and I received a letter in mid June from Center for Voter Information giving me a score of 'below average' as a voter. My score, according to the letter, is from 'data obtained from publicly available state voter files'.
Now, having looked at what is publicly available, they can see my race, my age, gender, zip code, political party. They could see I've been a registered voter in Florida since 2002. So what is it about any of those data points that leads one to the conclusion I am a 'below average' voter? This organization is treading on extremely thin ice and engaging in voter suppression as far as I am concerned. Are they culling their data based on my gender? Age? Zip Code? Political Party? Even though they are supposedly 'left leaning', what is the point of sending a registered Democrat a letter stating they are 'below average' other than to convey the message that I am 'too stupid to vote' or "not worthy of voting'? By what standard? Their completely BS metric to 'measure' voters is not only questionable, I believe it is designed to engage in voter suppression. Who are they targeting to waste the postage on to tell a registered voter they are 'below average'. Does that sound like something designed to get out the vote?
The forms are poorly rendered and over 311,000 went out in Florida without the required signature line. The real purpose of this group seems to be to confuse the voting public and instill mistrust in the whole voting process. I filed a complaint with the Brennan Center and the ACLU and also contacted my state Division of Elections to lodge a formal complaint. They are creating absolute havoc in Florida right now. In April they targeted the East Coast (Miami side) of Florida and the Supervisor of Elections in Palm Beach County let them know of the problems, but then in June they are targeting the West Coast of Florida and they did not fix known problems with their mailings. What kind of ethical outfit continues to send out faulty mailings knowing there are problems? What is the real agenda with that because it isn't about voter education as they claim on their website.
Here is a recent newspaper story on their work in Florida in June: https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/state/2020/06/16/florida-election-officials-blast-nonprofit-voter-registration-group-over-errors/3200235001/
and from the April 2020 Florida mailings: https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/2020/04/09/voters-participation-center-center-voter-information-letters-arent-official/5121369002/
This is a letter posted on the Broward County Supervisor of Elections website to the Florida Secretary of State signed by multiple County Supervisor of Election officials in Florida from April, 2020: https://www.browardsoe.org/Portals/Broward/Documents/2020Elections/Letter-to-Secretary-Lee-4-7-2020-VPC-CVI-Media-Advisory-4-15-2020.pdf
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