As reported at the Morning Call.
Workers at Bucks County’s voter registration office fielded 70 calls on Tuesday and dozens more this past week from residents worried they wouldn’t be able to vote on Election Day.
The reason: a series of Democratic Party absentee ballot letters — under the letterhead of the fictitious Pennsylvania Voter Assistance Office — warning recipients that their ability to vote in November could be threatened.
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Concerned about an “enthusiasm gap” with Republicans, Democrats are going to great lengths to urge their voters to cast ballots in the midterm election. In Bucks County, Democrats have a voter registration edge, but recent polls suggest 8th District Democratic U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy is trailing Republican Mike Fitzpatrick.
The Voter Assistance Office letters, spearheaded by the Bucks County Democratic Party, are part of the turnout effort.
The last of the three mailings warns the recipient that it is the “THIRD and FINAL notice.”"By failing to return the enclosed documents, you may be placing your ability to participate in this year’s general election at risk,” the letter reads.
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Local Democrats have started a facebook group to show their support for Republican Matt Holden in Tuesdays city council race. Here is some info from the group,
We support Matt Holden because we support public debate and open democracy more than any political party.
We fully favor and support Mayor Gray and a Democratic supermajority on Lancaster City Council. We simply believe in that there should be at least one elected official in our city of another party.
At the same time, we wouldn’t support just any minority-party representative. Matt Holden is an excellent and qualified candidate. He’s an intelligent young professional symbolic of the city’s bright future. He attends city council meetings and understands the issues well.
We support Matt Holden because we love our city too much to allow it to become a one-party state, and because we believe that Matt is a solid and qualified candidate who will serve our city well by representing a different point of view as public policy decisions are made.
The committee chair is Daniel Klotz and he can be reached via email at daniel@danielklotz.com
As a local Republican I completely agree with the sentiment, either party holding a super majority is not a good idea (that goes for the national level as well).
