Flier tells Hampton Roads Dems to vote Nov. 5.
Unknown Republicans are circulating a flier in Hampton Roads telling Democrats to vote a day late, and it’s being presented as an official statement by the State Board of Elections, Julian Walker writes in the Pilot. State police are investigating. What Walker doesn’t address is how widely and by what mechanism this is being circulated, and what the potential punishment is for the perpetrators. If this has shown up under hundreds of people’s doors, this is truly reprehensible. On the other hand, if somebody printed up a few of these as a joke, not distributing them at all, I can’t see getting excited. Lacking that context, though, it’s tough to know what to do with this information.
Though it’s not particularly convincing-looking for the sort of folks who read political blogs, it looks much better than these things generally do. With the advent of things like early voting, most people have a sense that it’s altogether possible to vote on days other than Election Day. I wouldn’t discount the impact that this could have on those who receive it.
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