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“Marc Elias’s Law Firm Linked to Network of Dem Super PACs Behind Deceptive Text Message Operation

Super PAC network sent texts with inaccurate polling place information and voter registration data”

I’m old enough to remember when they persecuted Douglass Mackey for a meme.

“The law firm of Democratic fixer and election denier Marc Elias is linked to a network of super PACs whose deceptive text messages infuriated and baffled voters across the country, a Washington Free Beacon review has found.

Evidence for Impact, a dark money group that Elias’s law firm formed earlier this year, contributed $2 million in September to a super PAC called Voters of These 50 States of America. The super PAC, which was formed in August, is the lone funder of the super PACs AllVote, MaxVote, VoteWin, and Coconut Brat PAC, according to campaign finance records.”

“Those groups came under scrutiny before the election for sending messages with inaccurate polling place information and voter registration data, prompting warnings from some state election agencies about the deceptive messages. The Illinois Statewide Terrorism & Intelligence Center warned in October that AllVote was behind "confusing text messages," and a New Mexico election official said the texts were "something that the feds really need to look at and crack down on."

“It’s the latest campaign gambit tied to Elias and Evidence for Impact. As a lawyer for Hillary Clinton in 2016, Elias commissioned the infamous Steele dossier, which falsely accused Donald Trump of colluding with Russia. Evidence for Impact, which Elias Law Group partner Ezra Reese registered in February, contributed $4.3 million to Civic Truth Action, a super PAC that ran ads in support of anti-abortion candidate Randall Terry as part of a ploy to pull conservative votes from Donald Trump, the Free Beacon previously reported.”

“Voters of These 50 States of America raised the rest of its $10 million war chest from the progressive group Rapid Resist Action and a daisy chain of affiliated super PACs. Democratic mega-donor Reid Hoffman contributed $934,828 through last year to Rapid Resist Action, according to tax filings.

It is unclear whether Hoffman contributed to Rapid Resist Action this year. It is also unclear whether Hoffman and Elias were aware that Voters of These 50 States of America funded the deceptive text message operation.”

“The text messages were sent to tens of thousands of voters by Movement Labs, a California-based tech firm that says it uses "technology and experimentation to stop fascism and build progressive power." Rapid Resist Action is the nonprofit political arm of Movement Labs.

According to campaign records, AllVote and its sister PACs paid out all of the money they received from Voters of These 50 States of America to Movement Labs.”

“Yoni Landau, the company’s founder, has used deceptive text message techniques in the past. In 2022, election officials in New Jersey warned that Landau’s group Voting Futures Trust sent inaccurate polling information to voters. In 2020, a Landau operation called Vote from Home 2020 apologized for sending inaccurate mail-in ballot data to voters in Arizona.”

It appears there is a crossover funding network between these two operations, both intended to interfere in our elections.

Douglass Mackey

“Misleading text messages from ‘voter mobilization’ group create confusion in key swing states”

This is another group that is tied to the same network of people and PACs.

Again, they prosecuted Douglass Mackey for a joke while simultaneously running numerous voter-confusion operations.

“Thousands of voters in Pennsylvania received a confusing text message this weekend claiming they already voted in the 2024 presidential election.

“Records show you voted,” the message said, directing people to an official website with information about polling places and early on-demand voting in the state.”

“The organization behind the texts, AllVote, said the messages contained errors and should have told voters they had cast their ballots in 2022 and directed them to a link with information about voting in 2024. However, “in 2022” was left out, causing confusion. A spokesperson said the misleading text was followed by an apology message, though those who had replied “STOP” or marked the first message as spam may not have received it.”

“It’s the latest case of misleading or incorrect election-related information being disseminated by the group, which has been flagged by officials from across the country – including in the key swing states of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, North Carolina and Arizona – as a scam.

“Voters should be more cautious as we get closer to the November 5th Election, as other bad actors may attempt to send similar phishing emails/texts,” the Pennsylvania Department of State warnedthis summer after voters in Northampton County received confusing messages from AllVote claiming there was an issue with their voter registration status.”

“AllVote – which, according to its website, works to “mobilize progressive voters,” by providing information on how to vote – told CNN it doesn’t engage in phishing because it doesn’t collect data or send out links that solicit personal information.

AllVote spokesperson Charlotte Clymer told CNN the organization estimates “several thousand registered voters were affected by our error” – referring to the text messages received by Pennsylvania voters over the weekend.

The texts, Clymer said, were an “unfortunate copy-editing error by staff working long hours,” and the organization has made its “approval process substantially more rigorous to ensure this doesn’t happen again.”

“The controversy in the Keystone State comes just a few days after the Wisconsin Election Commission criticized AllVote over another misleading text message campaign. The group previously sent thousands of Wisconsin voters text messages that had a link to the wrong election website, leading to complaints to the commission.”

“The Wisconsin Election Commission reviewed text messages from AllVote that provided a link to “what at first appeared to be the voter’s municipal website but was incorrect,” the commission said. Meagan Wolfe, the commission administrator, said groups like AllVote often attempt to represent themselves as an official source of election information, and “voters should be very careful when dealing with this type of unsolicited outreach, as the information being put forth is often inaccurate and misleading.”

“Howie Stanger, who is listed as AllVote’s treasurer on the FEC filings, did not respond to CNN’s request for comment. Stanger is the founder of Pocketbook Strategies, which aims to support “progressive organizations who want to dream big,” according to LinkedIn.

“Pa. residents got phony texts claiming they had voted already. Ignore them, officials say.

If “AllVote” sounds familiar, the name has been linked to other confusion-sowing text campaigns in the lead up to the election.”

Charlotte Clymer is mentioned as a contracted spokesperson for AllVote.

Charlotte has ties to the Human Rights Campaign, LPAC, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the Truman National Security Project.

“Spam or real? Unsolicited text messages say you aren’t registered to vote”

They also targeted Arizona.

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“Mass text message reminds North Carolinians to vote, confusing those who have already.

A State Board of Elections spokesman said unsolicited, mass text messages are not unusual and are likely to continue through Election Day, Nov. 5.”

North Carolina

“A group called Voting Futures Trust is sending out text messages directing voters to the wrong polling location, New Jersey Secretary of State Tahesha Way warned today.

Similar complaints of misinformation have been lodged against the group by election officials in Oregon, Illinois, California and Kansas.
Yoni Landau, a former White House Office of Management and Budget staffer and founder of Resistance Labs, a text consulting firm for progressives, accepted responsibility for the misleading texts.

“Unfortunately, in text messages sent on behalf of Voto Latino, Black Voters Matter, and Voting Futures to voters in KS, NJ, IL, NC, and VA, we sent text messages to encourage voting that has caused confusion amongst voters,” Laudau , the CEO, said.  “We take full responsibility for these mistakes and have issued correction texts.”

Same groups and people.

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“Suspicious Text Sent To Local Dem Voters Over Mail-In Ballots”

Pima County, Arizona