It is, at the very least, impersonation.

And https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35395239 (https://d2eehagpk5cl65.cloudfront.net/img/q60/uploads/2021/0...) is even more explicit about their intent to defraud.

I guess I’m not following (and that second link is broken for me).

Suppose I create a positive meme about a campaign, which obviously happens a lot. Is that still “impersonation”? I find what Mackey did really unsavory and gross but I’m not really understanding what the principle being applied here actually is. Are meme/jokes/absurdities about political campaigns not legal?

Hm, I tried mirroring it now then... https://imgur.com/0znBo7v

Anyway, they are both clearly designed to imply an affiliation with the campaign. It's one thing to state that you support X, it's another thing to claim that you are speaking for or represent them.

And claiming this in obvious satire is now illegal? 2024 is coming up real quick, so everyone probably needs to understand the ground rules that this case changed.

And what happens when you text to 59925? Did you read the whole thing? Would a busy person, who lives in an area likely to have hours long lines to vote be relieved to text that number and receive a reply that says "Thanks for Voting" bother to look further?

Is your point that only busy people (and Clinton voters) are stupid enough to think you can vote by text, therefore they were disenfranchised by this meme?