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New Political Action Committee Boosts Trump With Unique Approach

By ELECTION 2024

This week, Anthony Constantino, CEO of Sticker Mule, launched a new political action committee (PAC) aimed at combating “anti-Trump hate.” Founded in 2010, Sticker Mule is known for offering a wide range of custom merchandise, including stickers, t-shirts, magnets, buttons, labels, packaging, keychains, temporary tattoos, and hot sauce. Constantino, a vocal Trump supporter, has launched StickerPAC this week in response to the second assassination attempt on the former president.

Funded by an initial $2.5 million by Constantino, StickerPAC is giving away 500,000 packs of pro-Trump stickers that supporters can order for free at StickerPAC.com. “I’m giving away 500,000 sticker packs to help stop the absurd hate that’s been stirred up against President Trump and his supporters by the media and, unfortunately, many in his political opposition,” Constantino said.



There are seven stickers included in the packs, each containing different pro-Trump phrases including “Awesome People Love Trump,” “Trump for Peace,” and “Vote4Trump.” Other stickers included in the packs include the American flag and Trump’s mugshot from the Fulton County Jail last year with the words, “Election Interference – Never Surrender!” Constantino said supporters of Trump can use the stickers to “proudly, happily, positively, and respectfully say that they like Donald Trump.”

“Influential Trump supporters fear speaking up because of media and social media backlash. I hope StickerPAC enables kind-hearted people to speak up, in a respectful way, to stop the hate and restore unity to America,” Constantino explained. “We want more people standing up every day saying they like Donald Trump. These stickers are going to let hundreds of thousands of people share millions of stickers all over the country and let people know that they like Donald Trump.”

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Meanwhile, the controversy surrounding ballot drop boxes has reached a pivotal swing state, prompting election officials to eliminate them for the upcoming November election due to concerns about “illegal activities” associated with the boxes. In Luzerne County, which includes Wilkes-Barre and is located southwest of Scranton, Pennsylvania, officials have decided to remove ballot drop boxes this year. County Manager Romilda Crocamo explained to a local ABC affiliate that both financial constraints and security concerns influenced the decision to discontinue their use.

“While I recognize that drop boxes can provide alternative means for voters to cast their ballots, I must prioritize the safety and security of our community in the current political climate,” she said in a statement to WNEP. “We don’t have the capability, we don’t have the number of staff members to actually stand by the drop boxes to keep them safe, so I decided I’m not going to deploy them.”

Other states have employed video cameras to monitor ballot drop boxes, but Crocamo criticized this approach, stating that it’s not a reliable method for distinguishing between legitimate and potentially fraudulent ballots. She explained that video surveillance does not provide a “foolproof means of ensuring compliance with voting laws.” As a result, Luzerne County will now require voters to mail their ballots directly to the Bureau of Elections or drop them off at the bureau’s headquarters.

“Mail-in Ballots come in from a dropbox; we have to have two staff also do a chain of custody, so actually, it does drain a lot of our resources,” added Crocamo. “The insurance policy on the drop boxes also has a $10,000 limit, which exposes the county to financial risk should a problem arise.” According to the local outlet, as expected, some voters approved of the change while others didn’t.

“It’s a waste of resources; we have 186 precincts along with mail-in ballots, which the postal service is going to be overladen with, to have the drop boxes in place; there really isn’t a purpose for them,” said Ronald Knapp of Nanticoke. Roni Good of Kingston disagreed, telling the outlet, “If they’re not gonna have drop boxes, what are we going to do about our mail system. I know people whose votes didn’t get counted because they were late.”





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