Inside secret DSA playbook for securing votes from the vulnerable

A Los Angeles chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America openly promotes it’s guide to instructing volunteers about how to pressure voters to cast ballots on the spot and hand them over for delivery.The practice, commonly known as ballot harvesting, is legal in California, but remains highly controversial.The guide, titled “How To: Ballot Delivery,” was published by the Los Angeles chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America in May 2022, where it has remained ever since.The instructions walk volunteers through a step-by-step process for collecting completed mail ballots from voters and delivering them on their behalf.The directions include instructions for volunteers asking voters whether they will cast their ballot immediately and, if they hesitate, to keep pressing.“Will you vote now?” the guide asks volunteers to say before adding: “Ask at least 3 times.”The document also suggests volunteers tell voters they can help ensure a ballot does not get “lost in the mail” by filling it out immediately and signing it over for delivery.California Post News: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, LinkedInCalifornia Post Sports Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, XCalifornia Post Opinion California Post Newsletters: Sign up here!California Post App: Download here!Home delivery: Sign up here!Page Six Hollywood: Sign up here!The suggested script for this reads: “I want to make sure that your ballot doesn’t get lost in the mail or in the city bureaucracy.”“If we fill it out together right now, there’s an official place to sign it over to me and I can bring it to the city directly either today or first thing tomorrow morning.”Volunteers are then instructed to ensure voters place all ballot pages in the envelope before signing the required sections.The guide further directs volunteers to complete the portion of the envelope identifying the person returning the ballot and, under their relationship to the voter, write “Volunte...