A progressive group funded by anti-Trump billionaire Reid Hoffman and other Democratic heavyweights is behind a rash of misleading text messages stoking concerns about voter suppression across the country, a Washington Free Beacon investigation has found.
AllVote, a low-profile super PAC launched this summer, has sent false information via text message to voters in Pennsylvania, Arizona, Georgia, and other states about their voting status, CNN, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and other outlets reported this week.
Some messages inform voters who have already gone to the polls that they have yet to cast their ballots. Others have been provided inaccurate information about their polling places or drop-box locations.
The Illinois Statewide Terrorism & Intelligence Center said AllVote was behind "confusing text messages" about the election. Officials in McLean County, Ill., said voters were worried that their votes "hadn't counted" after receiving text messages stating that they had not cast their ballots.
An official in the New Mexico secretary of state's office, which fielded complaints about AllVote messages, said last week the mass texts were "something that the feds really need to look at and crack down on."
Beyond legal concerns about AllVote, its antics have stoked interest in its financial backers.
While AllVote has gone to extensive lengths to mask its employees and donors, the Free Beacon can trace it back to the group Rapid Resist Action, formed in 2017 by Obama administration official Yoni Landau.
The key clue, the Free Beacon found, is a legal disclaimer at AllVote's website that redirects to a Rapid Resist Action web address.
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This isn't just about a few texts. It's a coordinated attack on our elections by those who can't win fairly. They're scared because America isn't buying into their narrative. We need to secure our elections from these external influences.
So much for the sanctity of the electoral process, right? It’s all just a big game to these billionaires.
increasing turnout? More like sowing doubt and confusion. If this is how the left wants to play, then democracy is just a facade. It’s about time we look into these dark money groups, no matter which side they're on.
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