The emerging scam? We checked out the stories of false flag GOP robocalls pretty closely before we were comfortable that we understood what was happening, could confirm it and start reporting on it yesterday. Now, over the course of the day, we’ve been getting other reports of Democrats getting calls informing them their voting location has been changed to what turns about to be a fake voting location.
TPMmuckraker reported on this earlier today about reports in New Mexico. But it wasn’t clear whether or not it was an isolated incident.
Over the course of the day, though, we’ve been getting more reports of this from across the country — NM, MN, WI, NY and other states. Enough that I’m starting to suspect that this is some sort of coordinated effort. (If this is a coordinated effort, I suspect it’ll be much more carefully hidden than the false-flag robocalls, since I suspect this would tip the scales into prosecutable election tampering.)
Let me be crystal clear: in the case of the false flag robocalls, we’ve heard the calls; we know the company placing them; we know the GOP committee paying for them; we know the complaints surfacing around the country. This is different. These reports are still too sketchy to say whether this coordinated or being directed nationally. In some cases, it may not even be intentional. With two mammoth GOTV operations ramping up nationwide, some confusion is probably inevitable. But we’re hearing a sufficient number of reports from different parts of the country, to send up a flare, a virtual alert, if you will. So don’t treat this is a fact but rather as an advisory, to be on the look out.
If you’ve gotten these calls and you have specifics, or if you’ve seen press reports about calls like this, let us know.
