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by ev1 1969 days ago
For those that didn't quite understand this (like me ..):

The person in question posted large amounts of images like this

- fraudulently said it was paid for by the campaign to elect the candidate

- specifically targeted people of colour that supported a non-conservative candidate

- told those people that they could text a number to vote instead of vote (which is not valid), and to avoid voting in person afterward

- therefore resulting in several thousand votes probably not being counted since they never voted, based on carrier logs

2 comments

yeah I went in expecting to disagree, but then agreed wholeheartedly.

That's no different than setting up a "voting booth" in a black neighborhood so they don't go to a real voting booth. 100% deserve jail time for that.

Yeah. Some things you don't joke about. Not like that at least

Like, yeah, you don't make "fake pretend money" that looks like the real thing and get away with it.