Charlotte Clymer and AllVote run a GOOD faith voting malinformation campaign

Because it's always relevant

This is the person falsely texting people that they already voted

Thousands of Pennsylvania voters received a text message this weekend that falsely claimed that they had already voted in the Nov. 5 election.

"Records show you voted," the text read, linking them to an official Pennsylvania website with information about polling places and early voting.

But the message did not come from an official government resource or a well-known get-out-the-vote advocacy group. Instead, it was signed by "AllVote," a self-proclaimed voter-mobilization program that election officials have repeatedly flagged as a scam to be avoided and ignored.

If "AllVote" sounds familiar, the name has been linked to other confusion-sowing text campaigns in the lead-up to the election. Montgomery County officials in August warned voters about "AllVote.com" that was texting registered voters and falsely claiming that they were not registered to vote — part of a scam to "capture personal, sensitive information from voters in an attempt to exploit them later on," election commissioners said.

Sounds credible and very good faith

Charlotte Clymer, a contracted spokesperson for AllVote, sent The Inquirer an apologetic statement, describing the texts as a well-intended reminder-turned-disastrous mistake, thanks to a typo committed by staffers.

"We are mortified by this mistake and the confusion it has caused," the organization said in the statement.

The organization would not say how many voters were sent the erroneous text.

Clymer described AllVote as "funded by progressive donors aiming to increase voting participation" but declined to provide details about the group's backers. A political action committee with that name was registered this year. Yet little public information is available about AllVote, and its website lists no founder or staffers.

Clymer said the organization does not disclose its backers for fear of being targeted by the far-right. She also said that election officials and news reports that issued statements characterizing their recent efforts as phishing scams were incorrect.

Wow, being anonymous is all the sudden good again!