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It specifically requires that participants (who will inherently be pro-trump) be registered voters and was announced before the registration cut off date. It’s not exactly a leap to come to the conclusion that this is buying Republican voter registration.

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And if there’s one thing we learned from the Cards Against Humanity thing, the information regarding registration is available to PACs. They can check up on you to make sure you really have registered.

And although the petition (as far as I know) doesn’t ask for your party designation, I know a lot of Democrats who would willingly sign a plesde to protect the first and second amendments. But, the PACs can get access to your registered party, too. And do you really want to be giving your name and address to a bunch of people who consider you the “enemy of the state”?

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Couldn’t they just mine that data anyway if they wanted to make a list of enemies of the state?

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Would it have been fine if it’d been after the date?

I thought requiring being registered was itself a problem?

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Still no, but legally it’s more of a gray area. As the timeline stands it makes a clear message of “I will give you a chance to win $1mil if you go register to vote”.

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