NYT: Charges of Fraud and Voter Suppression Already Flying

[leftchick]

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/01/politics/campaign/01voting.html


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n Lake County, Ohio, officials say at least a handful of voters have reported receiving a notice on phony board of elections letterhead saying that anyone who had registered through a variety of Democratic-leaning groups would not be allowed to vote this year.

In Pennsylvania, an official of the state Republican Party said it sent out 130,000 letters congratulating newly registered voters but that 10,000 were returned, indicating that the people had died or that the address was nonexistent. Mark Pfeifle, the Republican spokesman, said the numbers showed that in their zeal to register new voters, Democratic-aligned groups had committed fraud.


And in Michigan, Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land said she had to put out a statement in mid-October about where to send absentee ballots after voters in the Ann Arbor area received calls telling them to mail the ballots to the wrong address.

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Much of the tone has been set by a propaganda war of sorts between the parties, with the Democrats charging that efforts are being made to suppress the vote and Republicans warning against voter fraud or double voting.

[sui generis]

1. isn't it odd that ALL of the allegations are against Republicans?

Not one single news blip anywhere about dems doing this shit to republicans.

Moral bankruptcy takes on entirely new lows in their hands.

[Philostopher]

2. I don't know about Dems in Lake County ...

but if I received first class mail from my Republican representative, I'd take great pleasure in writing 'return to sender' on it and putting it back in the mail.

[prodigal_green]

3. Nobody ever dies between registering and election day

and the mail NEVER gets screwed up, especially bulk mailings.