North Carolina officials activated emergency robocalls Tuesday to correct misinformation from a country music radio station serving a western part of the state in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
State Board of Elections spokesperson Patrick Gannon said WKYK, based in Burnsville, North Carolina, reported incorrectly that voting precincts had closed. It said that residents around Yancey County, population 18,000, would have to vote instead at the county board of elections office.
Gannon said the false information appeared “to be an honest, but unfortunate, mistake.”
Within 30 minutes of the radio report, the county’s emergency management office used a subscription-based public safety mass messaging system to issue accurate voting instructions.
Unfortunate mistake? Yeah, right…
Why would Republicans be trying to get country radio listeners not to vote? Unless you’re implying that either A) country radio stations dont skew very right or B) the radio station purposefully did this to help the Dems, which, having grown up in that part of NC, I find highly unlikely.
I get that everyone’s nerves are on edge about voting integrity, but sometimes mistakes do happen and that’s all they are.
Yeah there’s no reason for it here. Granted, it is much harder to tell whether a mistake has been made in situations that actually matter, but this seems pretty cut and dry.
We’re so fucked. We’re so utterly fucked.
used a subscription-based public safety mass messaging system
What are they talking about here?
Sounds like opt in SMS. So basically no one got the message 🫠
Edit: here you can see how people sign up for Smart911 in Yancey County. I have no idea how many have enrolled.
