In a move that could have been taken out of the Kansas Republican Party's loyalty playbook, TPMmuckraker reports the Republican National Committee is "auditing" voters' party affiliations.

What 83 year-old William Sidwell of Queen City, Missouri found in his mailbox last week scared him. It was a letter from the Republican National Committee, but it seemed to bear grave news: "Our records show that you registered as a member of our Party in Schuyler County, MO," the letter said.

"But a recent audit of your Party affiliation turned up some irregularities."

What sort of irregularities?

The letter, it turns out, is just a misleading pitch for a contribution to the RNC -- one of the "irregularities" cited in the letter is that "I cannot find a record of you taking a single action in support of the Republican Party -- not locally, not nationally!" A contribution, the letter suggests, would help set the record straight.

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