The Republicans do not want people to vote. This is the truth. If you listen, they are honest about it. For example, I just heard a field reporter tell Tucker Carlson that turnout in Missouri is very high all across the state. Carlson said, “That’s not what you want to hear this year if you are a Republican.”
That was refreshing honesty. Another thing Republicans don’t want to hear is reports about their voter suppression efforts. That is why Laura Ingraham has used her radio show to encourage prank calls to 1-888-DEM-VOTE, a line for reporting voting problems.
Out in Colorado’s fifth district, Republicans have been throwing stink bombs at Jay Fawcett’s headquarters and issuing death threats.
We’ve already heard about major robo call efforts in New Hampshire and Virginia. The FBI has been called in in Virginia to investigate this voter suppression effort.
If you stop and think about it, why would you ever vote for a party that relies on voter suppression to win elections? Seriously.
Use this thread to catalogue any voting issues you hear about.
The racist nutbags are on the prowl too. Via Lofty Donkey:
God damn these people piss me off.
I do find this somewhat hilarious:
Perhaps they should go ask their English teacher if that’s grammatically correct. Sounds to me like they shouldn’t be able to vote either!
I saw the atrocity that was their grammar – thought about linking directly to their site, but Lofty Donkey’s banner image makes me smile from ear to ear.
pathetic.
You know, just in my one block walk to the polls I saw over a dozen mexicans doing construction on various houses. I doubt any of them are registered to vote. And I thought it was a shame that no one speaks for them. They’re building my neighborhood.
These other folks would like to shoot them like dogs.
think that hunting humans would be illegal, but alas it’s an endorsed practice by many people. I don’t get it, never will.
While those workers you saw may not be voters, their children will be someday and long memories persist when such venom is flung in your family’s face. I speak from experience.
There are several propositions related to immigration on our ballot: denies bail for felonies, denies access to adult education and child care services, denies any awards be paid out via lawsuits, and one that protects people who speak English against discrimination (no joke). I call them the Minutemen Propositions.
If any of those nuts asked me to sign that petition, I’d answer, “Je ne parle pas Englais.” Then I would go on my way. Don’t tell me that I couldn’t find a lawyer who would take a case of a photo of me, a private citizen, being exhibited/published w/o my having signed a release!
(I’ve taken photography classes and done some freelance photography and there is a hell of a lot of legalese re: freelancers that most people don’t know–might not win, but could I make things nasty! Cha-ching!)
Get people to respond in all sorts of foreign languages — French, German, Chinese…and see if they get challenged, or if they’re just after “certain” immigrants…
French is up there, anyone wants to use it, feel free!
That is why Laura Ingraham has used her radio show to encourage prank calls to 1-888-DEM-VOTE
isn’t this grounds for a serious FCC fine? maybe even lose their liscense?
Should be. This deserves serious prosecutorial followup. Since it’s a national show it seems like any of the 50 state’s attorneys could indict.
Voting Problems are being reported all over.
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we need democracy in freakin’ America.
Why do these people hate freedom?
Why do they hate America?
Jean Schmidt was on camera in Ohio as the optical scanner repeatedly kicked her ballot out. Go fucking figure.
Well, off to do last-gasp calls for MoveOn. I’ll let yaall know if I hear about problems. I’ll be pushing the 1866 OUR VOTE number hard where there are questions. This should be a great resource.
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Note: ELECTION INCIDENT REPORTING SYSTEM, EIRS, our system for logging incidents reported to the national 1-866-OUR-VOTE hotline, is experiencing enormous traffic and is difficult to access. We are working to solve the problem.
Call left on our answering machine in Detroit today, about our Democratic Governor Jennifer Granholm. The voice sounds as if it is an African American Woman. (This is the second time we’ve gotten this same message):
No identification, no affiliation. Nada. Just a racist smear.