Anonymous Call Tells Pennsylvania Dems To Vote Wednesday

A registered Democrat in Pennsylvania writes the Huffington Post to report that she has received an anonymous phone call telling her she should go to the polls on Wednesday.

"I received a phone call from an unidentified caller yesterday telling me that because of the expected high voter turnout, Democrats will need to vote on Wednesday, November 5th," she writes.

The calls are obviously misleading, as voting ends on Tuesday. And apparently they have been going on for quite some time. This past Friday the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported "robocalls making the rounds in Pittsburgh region" disseminating the misleading information. The reader who contacted Huffington Post was from the Philadelphia suburbs, at the opposite end of the state.

Contacted by the Huffington Post, a spokesman for the Obama campaign's Pennsylvania operations said he was aware of the misleading calls but "not worried about" their impact.

If you hear anything more about this or other last-minute election tactics, please contact the Huffington Post.

Comments

[anthead]

prosecution and imprisonment .

[Diogenis]

Yep..I receive the stupid phone call, yet did not answer. It's recorded in my messages.

OBAMA/BIDEN 08

[Lou38]

The Republicans have stooped so low!!

Obama by a landslide!!!!!

[ChewyToy22]

These republicans are totally despicable. Hurry up and vote them out of office, PLEASE!

[saynotocults]

I wholeheartedly agree!! They truly are despicable

[Fzetmptres1]

My sister got a call in Pittsburgh this past weekend instructing her to go to the incorrect precinct to vote. Dumb asses didn't do their homework, because she has owned her home a voted in her precinct for the last 14 YEARS, there is NO DOUBT that she knows where to VOTE!!!!

Nice try..........GOTV

PITTSBURGH FOR OBAMA/BIDEN '08

[Diogenis]

YES WE CAN.......­.........P­ITTSBURGH!­!

[BluePrideSMW]

ALL tricks played by repubs every 4 years... In totality, perhaps they sway a few elections here n there...

A 1965 Voting Rights Act national radio spot informing the public about CHANGE... w/ a Motown beat.
http://current.com/items/89434265_obama_2008_things_are_changing

[prog]

If it was from a real caller, star 69 that person. This is iliegal.

[AndrewInToronto]

It is amazing that those who campaign under the banner of putting country first, actually just want power.

[ladybug7]

Seems like homeland security with all monitoring ought to be able to trace the source?? I guess they don't consider election tampering an act of terrorism.

[BellGirl08]

Anyone who says that the Repubs will stop at nothing to win are delusional. The GOP will lie, cheat, steal and kill to stay in power.

[peterhowitt]

LOW LIFE - ALL REPUBLICANS ARE LOW LIFE

[unite4change]

Sorry, I must say this. If people don't know November 4, is Election Day by now, they are to stupid to vote.

[ldillworth]

do you mean "too stupid to vote" ?

[SouthJerseySteve]

or too stupid to proof read their blog.

[christopherflynn]

No he probably means "to stupid too vote".

[LeftLeanerN08]

Exactly. Do people really fall this dumb shitck anymore? Honestly, if you are either that lazy or stupid you probably should not vote anyway.

[one4obama]

Someday, you are going to get older. As you get older, your mental facilities are not always the same, slowly diminishing as time goes on.

For some, this progresses more rapidly than for others.

They still have their thought process to know who they want to vote for. But their comprehension gets a bit fuzzy and they can be easily bamboozled.

Heaven forbid you should ever see that day. But when that day comes, remember what you just said. Karma is a beetch!

[ChewyToy22]

I agree with you about that. Voters have a responsibility to inform themselves from viable sources. While I am of the opinion that these republicans are TOTALLY DESPICABLE, voters shouldn't be falling for this.

How come the Democrats do not have to resort to these kinds of tactics to disenfranchise republican voters? What kind of people are these republicans, who would stoop and stop at nothing to steal another election?

[RadCenter]

The version of the scam that I heard told those who received the call that because of the unprecedented voter registration and turnout, the government had decided to extend voting to two days (Tuesday for Republicans and Wednesday for Democrats) to help relieve the long lines at the polls. If I were a first-time voter, this might sound like a plausible occurrence.

[bluekatz]

This goes to show that the Repub.licans will st00p to any levels to win because they know not how to be fair. The Democrats have never done this to them and they seem to think that people are going to fall for the ban.ana in the tail p!pe again. Remember they did this when Bush was running. This time people were warned of their d!rty tact!cs. But what makes this even more v!le is that you have Republicans who know McCain is playing d!rty yet they cannot stand up and call him out on it. IF there was any decent person left in their party they would be voicing their dis.pleasure. But since none seem to have come forward and den0unce it this is a sign they have signed on to it. So you know what to do come election time for all of them. Yet they claim to have values.

[dhahhjj]

MN Senate: Final Debate Recap
http://voteforamerica.net/editorials/Comments.aspx?ArticleId=139&ArticleName=Final+MN+Senate+Debate%3a+Live+Analysis

Norm Coleman on the Ropes
http://voteforamerica.net/editorials/Comments.aspx?ArticleId=137&ArticleName=Norm+Coleman+on+the+Ropes

Obama 377, McCain 161
http://voteforamerica.net/electoral.aspx

[bluekatz]

This goes to show that the Republicans will st00p to any levels to win because they know not how to be fair. The Democrats have never done this to them and they seem to think that people are going to fall for the ban.ana in the tail pipe again. Remember they did this when Bush was running. This time people were warned of their d!rty tactics. But what makes this even more vile is that you have Republicans who know McCain is playing d!rty yet they cannot stand up and call him out on it. IF there was any decent person left in their party they would be voicing their displeasure. But since none seem to have come forward and denounce it this is a sign they have signed on to it. So you know what to do come election time for all of them. Yet they claim to have values.