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Wednesday, October 13, 2004
Non-baseball: Operation: Annoy an Ohioan
This is just a bad idea:
In the spirit of the Declaration of Independence's pledge to show "a decent respect to the opinions of mankind", we have come up with a unique way for non-Americans to express your views on the policies and candidates in this election to some of the people best placed to decide its outcome. It's not quite a vote, but it's a chance to influence how a very important vote will be cast. Or, at the very least, make a new penpal.
It works like this. By typing your email address into the box on this page, you will receive the name and address of a voter in Clark County, Ohio.
Shouldn't the Guardian at least contact the Clark County voters in question (they are only using voters with no party affiliation, lifted right off the voter rolls) and receive permission to give out their names and addresses? A little common courtesy, please!
Pity the poor Clark County voters who are about to be inundated with these letters, this on top of all the other political analog-spam swing state voters receive on a daily basis. On the bright side, maybe they can use the opportunity to start an international stamp collection.
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