Friday, October 17, 2008

FRAUD

People for the American Way have published this full page ad in the NYT about ACORN. The Republicans will be back to their old tricks again of voter suppression, and they are going to be working it hardest in those Red states that are polling purple/blue.

http://site.pfaw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ads_fraud

I disagree with one point in the ad. When people are 'warned' via anonymous flyers that if they have outstanding traffic tickets they may get arrested if they go to the polls, it could actually happen. In many states, police routinely set up roadblocks and check for registration and traffic scofflaws. All it takes is a little encouragement by local (or sometimes non-local) politicians to make sure that come election day, in certain districts, that 'routine' roadblocks just happen to be set up so that you pass through them to get to your local polling place.

This is exactly what people complained about in Florida in 2004. It is sure to happen again. I suggest that people take that 800 number that CNN published to report voter suppression/fraud activites on with them when they drive to their polling place.

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