Kentucky's Secretary of State, Trey Grayson, has issued a warning to Kentucky residents that thousands of mailers sent by Women's Voices. Women Vote. include misleading and/or confusing information, asking residents to register to vote.
The deadline to register for the KY May primary passed on April 21st.
Note this portion of the press release, dated April 30 and posted May 5, referencing a previous press release dated March 27th--
At the time, Grayson stated that WVWV had been sending voter registration cards and letters to citizens stating that they are not registered to vote, when in fact, many of those citizens are registered.
The text of that March 27 press release warned residents:
Grayson also noted that many third-party registration groups are in Kentucky now and are trying to register voters. There have been some complaints to the State Board of Elections about some of these voter registration efforts. Grayson noted that most voter registration efforts are very helpful, but sometimes those efforts can confuse voters. For instance, one voter registration group has been sending voter registration cards and letters to citizens stating that they are not registered to vote, when in fact, many of those citizens are registered. Grayson asked voters to take the time to check their voter registration at www.vote.ky.gov/vic at the Voter Information Center. He also noted that the easiest way to register is to simply visit your local county clerk’s office or to print out a voter registration card online and to send that to either the State Board of Elections or County Clerk.
And the robocalls continued--
The State Board of Elections has also heard from voters and from county clerks that WVWV have been sending automated calls encouraging people to register to vote which does not explicitly state that the voter registration deadline has passed for the May primary election.
Page Gardner, President of WVWV, stated in a letter quoted by the SoS' office press release that--
"...Kentucky residents will receive this mail after the deadline for registering to vote to participate in the upcoming primary election. Please be aware that the mailing is not intended to encourage registration specifically for the primary, but simply to encourage voter registration in general. The mailing clearly indicates that the deadline to register to vote by mail for a particular election in Kentucky is 29 days before the election ... We hope that this unfortunate coincidence in timing does not lead to any confusion or aggravation for either your state’s voters or registrars."
I am unable to find the full text of Page Gardner's letter online. I specifically wanted to find the date of the letter.
Unfortunate coincidence??
**Update x2**
Well, this is just confusing--
Gardner noted in her letter that they use "the best available data ... from a large commercial data company" and that "...[their] attempts to identify only unregistered women will not be perfect."
http://www.kypost.com/...
Page Gardner's Q & A with Adam B states that WVWV and VPC are targeting 'under-represented demographics' and unmarried women. VPC is an project of WVWV. Per the WVWV website the two groups have 'teamed up'. So why did Page Gardner's letter to the SoS only mention women?
Update--
Adam B's latest Q & A with WVWV is worth a read.