Some people in Linn County have been getting mail calling them out for not voting in previous elections. The letters are not coming from the candidates.

Instead, it's an organization trying to increase turnout. The process is what some are calling voter shaming.

Samuel Dillon and his wife Joann received letters in the mail from a Democratic PAC named “Progressive Turnout Project.” The letters criticized them for not voting in the 2012 election.

Samuel explains, "My wife was involved in a serious head on crash in South Dakota one week before the election."

The letter showed all of their public voting records for the past four election cycles, and asked them how their family and friends would feel if they knew they were infrequent voters.

"I felt very upset that the other three times we had voted, but they showed and depicted that one time, Dillon says. If we had not voted two or three times, that I would understand

Linn County Auditor Joel Miller says the letters are legal. He adds, "I can't do anything about it, nor can the Secretary of State. So I think it's a legislative issue. If they can regulate it, then maybe they ought to take a chance. "

Dillon wishes the groups would show more sympathy. “They should be cautious about how they go about approaching those people. There may be things going on in the background that they are not aware of."

A spokesperson for the “Progressive Turnout Project” says they do not look into the reasons why a person does not vote, and the letters are not meant for people to feel bad. They also add that the letters do convince people to get out and vote.