State orders halt to mailings that left voters 'intimidated, shocked and ill-at-ease' [View all]

The Maryland Attorney General’s Office sent a cease-and-desist letter Thursday to a national voter engagement organization that the state says is sending out mailers that “threaten to publicly expose” voting records of Marylanders just days out from the 2024 election.

The attorney general’s letter is in response to an unsolicited “Voting Report Card” being sent to people across the state by the Voter Participation Center, a nonprofit that claims it’s trying to drive more voters to the polls, specifically unmarried women, people of color and young voters. A sister organization, the Center for Voter Information, has also been sending out mailers.

The mailer that Marylanders have been receiving lists the voter’s name, address and voting records beginning with the 2016 general election. It also allegedly shows what it claims are voting records of neighbors, though names and addresses are censored.

The letter also states that the Voter Participation Center “will be reviewing these records after the election to determine whether or not you joined your neighbors in voting.”




https://marylandmatters.org/2024/10/31/state-orders-halt-to-mailings-that-left-voters-intimidated-shocked-and-ill-at-ease/