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

[ChefDC]

if people fall for this stuff now, then maybe they shouldn't vote.
I'm voting for obama, but how dense can people be.
They've only been talking about Nov. 4 for about a year now.

[Aabby]

Come on. How can you blame some 85 year old man or lady for being fooled? Not everyone is a quick and witty young person.

[ChefDC]

only because its the only thing most people have been talking about. I'm sure most 85 year olds aren't going to the polls alone.

[PDinCA]

A year? Try 163 years. (The date of elections was fixed as the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in 1845.)

[TroubleNYC]

I think the local media should show some responsibility and let people know that voting is on Tuesday and any group from the left or the right stating otherwise is just lying.

[ilovemycat]

That would require Corporate media to be fair and honest. Good luck with that one!

[TuffCookie]

this is really effin retarded.

[NickNas]

IF and I say IF the Feds REALLY cared about this cime they could know who made those calls in 20 Minutes.

But we all know who runs the feds right?

[kellygrrrl]

Gov Rendell runs the State of PA. He best be dealing with this crime ASAP!

[tallcoolone47]

Careful the Dems are in Majority lol, you guys thinkin before your posting LOL

[LemonMeringue]

We know who runs the feds and we know who stacked the courts and it is not the Democrats.

[dcree77]

The dems are in the majority of congress. Congress (the legislative branch) write the laws. It is up to the executive branch to enforce the laws. This is already illegal. It is the responsibility of the Bush administration to investigate and prosecute the perpetrators.

[UnderdogSRD]

If it isn't already, this should be illegal. A federal felony with a mandatory 1 years sentence, for every occurrence. Make 10 calls, get 10 years.

And Republicans call others Anti or UnAmerican. What is more Anti-American then trying to prohibit people from voting?

[kellygrrrl]

It is illegal

[BassMent]

Very well said, Underdog!

Man, the Republicans just keep showing their true colors over and over, don't they? They can' win on issues, so they try fear. When fear doesn't work, they try inciting racial violence. When that doesn't work, they fall back on disenfranchisement.

They must be so very proud of themselves fof being so very, very patriotic.

[Worquie]

No one is going to fall for this!

[LHoney]

come on, this is a country that voted (well a few people) for Bush twice!

[JJ30]

I really hope no one falls for this stupid tactic. People ought to be ashamed of themselves but I know they're not.

[justoverit333]

That should be illegal and the person placing
the calls should be prosecuted. Wow. The
Repubs really are desperate.

[tux-sf]

It is illegal, actually, since it violates federal election statutes. Unfortunately it is (supposedly) hard to catch people doing this.

[11907281]

Supposedly, is correct. Phone records are phone records so I'm not too sure why these phone records would be any different.

[debrouillard]

supposedly hard? what are you talking abt?
We are led in to believing that they could see non-existent nuks in Iraq but cant pin point a caller from within the USA who is abusing peoples constitutional rights?

[Rule Of Law]

We should vote on Week-ends, and be able to vote both Saturday and Sunday. I know that more working class people would vote then, and that would upset the Elite's apple cart of disenfranchising a big chunk of America, but we should give it a shot anyway, huh?

[holyhandgrenaid]

Voting the way they do in Oregon all across the country would be best- do it all by mail. This has the added advantage of a paper ballot trail for every voter, and no archaic punch machines with hanging chads, and no diebold shenanigans

[bigsioux]

That approach might work with the Palin/McCain crowd.

[sierrarisings1]

I CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS TO BE OVER!!!!!!!!!!!! THE RUGS ARE UGLY AND CAN'T WIN

[AlexeiJ]

Here's a little Barack feel-good for all those anxious about what goes down tomorrow:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf19H_sHMro&fmt=6