# Stupid Republican idea of the day

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [March 26, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897 "2009-03-26T18:48:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 31, 2016, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27106 "2016-01-31T04:39:44Z")

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**Rick Kitchen** posted this in the Ted Cruz campaign thread but it also belongs here. Oh, boy does it belong here.

> [@Ted Cruz Presidential campaign discussion thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774/572):
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> [The Cruz campaign is sending out mailings to Iowa voters saying they (and their neighbors – and they list the neighbors’ names and voting records) labeled “Voting Violation”, telling them that their voting history is a public record and they need to go out and vote in the caucus to increase their voting score.](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2016/01/30/cruzs-desperate-last-minute-attempt-to-win-iowa-is-so-vile-state-officials-just-nailed-him-for-it/)
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> The state Secretary of State is angry about it, even though he’s a Republican because, among other things, the mailer mentions the Secretary of State’s office as if it’s an official mailing.

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