New text campaign feeds conspiracies
Warning! Do not be fooled by the doublespeak in Secretary of State Mac Warner’s announcement of his office’s new “See Something, Text Something” campaign, using a slogan stolen from the “See Something, Say Something” appropriately used after the 9/11 attacks.
Republicans, as well as Democrats, in official positions throughout our country have debunked the accusations of fraud in the last presidential election; those who still hang on to those false accusations are more likely to be people who stormed our Capitol, and not fellow West Virginians — or most other Americans going to the polls.
Make no mistake. Under the promise of “election security” — encouraging residents to report “allegations of wrongdoing” to the WVSOS Investigations Division via text — Mr. Warner is promoting surveillance to rob of us the very well-placed trust we have in our system of voting.
Mr. Warner should be ashamed of himself. Instead of being grateful for the impeccable oversight of our trained poll workers and hard-working officials, he is encouraging individuals to troll our sacred voting places. This is disgraceful — as is the fact that none of these confidential complaints will be subject to review for their own legitimacy. Who’s being protected here?
Secretary Warner’s unwarranted and unsubstantiated attack on our election system will not make us secure. It will create division and encourage distrust among us.
Judith Gold Stitzel