GOP busted for voter Suppression (John Kerry, Cheney, voters, campaign)
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Wow oh wow and this is their view of Democracy? When will they stop and let voters decide this election?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/20081016/cm_thenation/45372992 (broken link)
While the GOP continues to accuse Democrats of voter fraud, top Republican operatives are getting busted for voter suppression.
Voter registration fraud is much tamer than actual vote fraud (suppression, purging etc) as it's more about making money than altering an election. It's amazing how as a country we tell other nations how they should elect their officials, we blast them when there is corruption during their elections yet we do nothing about it here. Such hypocrisy should not be accepted at any level.
Well its about damn time. The republicans have been getting away with this for the last two elections and this was exactly how Bush won the last two elections. Montana is one of those states where it doesnt take alot. There are only about 600,000 people that live in Montana.
Republicans raised concerns with registered voters who live at addresses that differed from the addresses listed on their voter registration information
Why would that not raise a concern for Democrats as well?
Republicans raised concerns with registered voters who live at addresses that differed from the addresses listed on their voter registration information. The party asked that county election officials ask voters to prove their current addresses.
So let me understand this....democrats and organizations like ACORN turn in fraudulent registrations, ACORN admits they can't stop the fraudulent registrations and then when the republicans ask for the registrations to be verified in any way (photo ID, asking if people really live at the address where they registered) then that is voter suppression?
Voter suppression - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the U.S. presidential election of 2004, some voters got phone calls with false information intended to keep them from voting--saying that their voting place had been changed or that voting would take place on Wednesday as well as on Tuesday.[10][11]
Other allegations surfaced in several states that the group called Voters Outreach of America had collected and submitted Republican voter registration forms while inappropriately disposing of Democratic registration forms.[12][13][14][15].
Michigan Republican state legislator John Pappageorge was quoted as saying, "If we do not suppress the Detroit vote, we're going to have a tough time in this election."[16].
In the 2002 New Hampshire Senate election phone jamming scandal, Republican officials attempted to reduce the number of Democratic voters by paying professional telemarketers in Idaho to make repeated hang-up calls to block Democrats' ride-to-the-polls phone lines on election day.[8][9]
[edit] 2004 presidential election
During the United States Senate election in Virginia, 2006, Secretary of the Virginia State Board of Elections Jean Jensen concluded that the incidents of voter suppression appeared widespread and deliberate. Documented incidents of voter suppression include:[19]
* Democratic voters receiving calls incorrectly informing them voting will lead to arrest.
* Widespread calls fraudulently claiming to be "Webb Volunteers," falsely telling voters their voting location had changed.
* Fliers paid for by the Republican Party , stating "SKIP THIS ELECTION" caused was allegedly an attempt to suppress African-American turnout.
The FBI has since launched an investigation into the suppression attempts.[20]
So let me understand this....democrats and organizations like ACORN turn in fraudulent registrations, ACORN admits they can't stop the fraudulent registrations and then when the republicans ask for the registrations to be verified in any way (photo ID, asking if people really live at the address where they registered) then that is voter suppression?
Using the Department of Justice, friendly governors, and its usual propaganda outlets, the GOP has propagated the myth of voter fraud to purge the rolls of non-Republicans.
So let me understand this....democrats and organizations like ACORN turn in fraudulent registrations, ACORN admits they can't stop the fraudulent registrations and then when the republicans ask for the registrations to be verified in any way (photo ID, asking if people really live at the address where they registered) then that is voter suppression?
t r u t h o u t | Exclusive | Emails Detail RNC Voter Supression in 5 States
Previously undisclosed documents detail how Republican operatives, with the knowledge of several White House officials, engaged in an illegal, racially-motivated effort to suppress tens of thousands of votes during the 2004 presidential campaign in a state where George W. Bush was trailing his Democratic challenger, Senator John Kerry.
The documents also contain details describing how Bush-Cheney 2004 campaign officials, and at least one individual who worked for White House political adviser Karl Rove, planned to stop minorities residing in Cuyahoga County from voting on election day.
t r u t h o u t | Exclusive | Emails Detail RNC Voter Supression in 5 States
Previously undisclosed documents detail how Republican operatives, with the knowledge of several White House officials, engaged in an illegal, racially-motivated effort to suppress tens of thousands of votes during the 2004 presidential campaign in a state where George W. Bush was trailing his Democratic challenger, Senator John Kerry.
The documents also contain details describing how Bush-Cheney 2004 campaign officials, and at least one individual who worked for White House political adviser Karl Rove, planned to stop minorities residing in Cuyahoga County from voting on election day.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
that's moveon on steroids. 
