If you see ads pointing you to votesafe.org to check your voter registration, read this first.
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@remywhisker @jcrabapple I do not understand how the Vote Safe website intimidates voters.
What am I missing ?@Barbramon1 @jcrabapple On its own probably not much. But where that data ends up is another matter. I'm not a subject matter expert on voter suppression. I just have an 'any information can be used for nefarious purposes' mindset from cyber security
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@Barbramon1 @jcrabapple On its own probably not much. But where that data ends up is another matter. I'm not a subject matter expert on voter suppression. I just have an 'any information can be used for nefarious purposes' mindset from cyber security
@remywhisker @jcrabapple With the personal information that the site is collecting I would be concerned about identity theft. Anyone handing that over to musk is a sitting duck. Nefarious indeed. Smart people will avoid it.
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@SomeVeganCheeseIsOk @crazyeddie @jcrabapple Good, let the Twitter dumbarses fall for it. They would vote for maga anyway. Smart people will not.
@Barbramon1 @crazyeddie @jcrabapple I disagree. I have seen brilliant people fall for scams. People who don't focus on how they can be conned because they already have a full time job are vulnerable to people whose sole professional focus is how to con others. Never mind when the con artists are incredibly wealthy, have public standing, and own media control.
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@Barbramon1 @crazyeddie @jcrabapple I disagree. I have seen brilliant people fall for scams. People who don't focus on how they can be conned because they already have a full time job are vulnerable to people whose sole professional focus is how to con others. Never mind when the con artists are incredibly wealthy, have public standing, and own media control.
@Barbramon1 @crazyeddie @jcrabapple And not everyone is working from the same data set; not everyone has the benefit of an excellent education, good childhood nutrition, and safe learning environments. Just because someone is dumb as a post doesn't make them deserving of bullshit or bad treatment. You end up smart? You use your brains to protect and educate and help, or you're worthless to the world.
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If you see ads pointing you to votesafe.org to check your voter registration, read this first.
VoteSafe is run by America PAC, Elon Musk's super PAC. It is not a government site. Its own footer says "Paid for by America PAC."
It also doesn't register anyone. The flow ends by telling you to download a PDF, print it, and mail it in yourself.
Its privacy policy (updated Aug 29, 2026) lets America PAC share your info with "business partners" for targeted marketing, or sell it. That includes whether you're registered to vote and "how you submit your vote." Popular Information found your address going to Facebook and Google, a hashed email to The Trade Desk, your usage to X, and a device fingerprint that survives cookie deletion.
VoteSafe also white-labels voter sites for allied groups, including Sentinel Action Fund and Ready to Register. North Carolina's election board warned in July that Ready to Register mailings used an outdated form, went to deceased voters, and had QR codes that could pre-populate other people's data.
To check your registration, use your state's official portal, https://vote.gov, or https://vote.org. None of them sell your data.
Sources:
https://popular.info/p/the-hidden-dangers-of-musks-votesafeorg
https://votesafe.org/privacy-policy
https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00879510/
https://www.ncsbe.gov/news/press-releases/2026/07/01/bulk-voter-registration-mailings-cause-voter-confusion-additional-work-countiesWhere does it say this is completely illegal?
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