Valatie, NY – Late last week, Upstate voters started receiving mailers from a Democratic shadow group called the ‘Center for Voter Information.’ The group conceals its donors from the public and sells itself on being ‘non-partisan.’
However this group is anything but non-partisan. A Democratic operative who used to work for Senate Democrats in Colorado is the signatory of the mailer. Additionally, campaign finance data shows that the group has historically only propped up extremely liberal candidates supported by Nancy Pelosi.
The mailer is purposely designed to look nondescript, similar to an official government correspondence or a bill. The group has a robust history of misleading tactics, as detailed below.
A ‘red penned’ fact check of the mailer can be found by clicking here.
Furthermore, the mailer’s return address traces the group to a UPS drop box at 911 Central Ave. #331 in Albany.
“This mailer is deceitful, and purposely misleading to voters,” said Joe Gierut communications director for the Faso campaign. “Rather than transparently engaging with voters on the issues, this group stoops to designing something that looks more like a bill or official government correspondence than a political mailer.
“This group sells itself as some sort of public service, but it reality it’s just a Democratic shadow group that uses a drop box to conceal its roots and push lies about candidates who are unwilling to support extreme left policies like single payer health care and higher taxes. This is just another out of state effort by desperate Democrats to secure a seat Nancy Pelosi needs to become Speaker,” continued Gierut.
The original mailer can be found by clicking here.
The Center for Voter Information has a recent history of misleading voters. In fact, the group has been cited as causing confusion and using shady tactics in numerous states across the country, including Kansas, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. The confusion may end up costing many people the ability to vote on Election Day.
Kansas
“(County Clerk) Klasinski said the applications for advance ballots sent to voters by the Center for Voter Information have caused confusion.” (Leavenworth Times, 10/03/18)
Iowa
“The Johnson County Auditor’s Office says they’ve received multiple reports of voters receiving absentee ballot requests with incorrect return addresses…The inaccurate mailing was sent by the Center for Voter Information.” (NBC7 KWWL, 10/02/18)
Wisconsin
“State elections officials are warning voters to check an absentee ballot application that was sent by a third-party group this week because it may have inaccurate information…information she received in a mailer sent by The Center for Voter Information included her incorrect name.” (Channel 3000 WISC-TV, 10/03/18)
Minnesota
“The Mower County Auditor’s Office had experienced an influx of confused voters coming to the government center regarding an application sent to them in the mail by the Center of Voter Information…We’re afraid that if they send that application in, we’re required to give them an absentee ballot…They cannot vote in the polling place again on Election Day. They won’t be able to vote, and may create some confusion if they have never voted absentee before.” (Austin Daily Herald, 9/29/18)