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A Boring Dystopia
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Do Americans actually get text messages like those? I thought it was a joke
The dem ones are at least somewhat sane
YMMV. But if you volunteer regularly for campaigns, your number/address inevitably ends up on someone's suckers list. And then election season means getting your phone blown up by these as the voting deadline closes in.
Yes
We also get them as postcards
Where's the reset button? Do I have to stick a needle into the Washington Monument or something?
I have personally never gotten any voting text messages, but I've received a few voting emails recently from the scum in my neck of the woods. I personally find it sad and pathetic, but then again, I'm not the type who is easily swayed by an email or text.