NY State Republicans using PI's to kick Part Time Residents off Voter Rolls

[RamboLiberal]

TAGHKANIC, N.Y. — For years, Republican officials here have watched with growing alarm as newcomers from New York City arrived in late-model cars, built second homes and started to vote in increasing numbers, usually for Democrats.

Now Republicans, armed with private investigators, are pursuing a new strategy to preserve their power: take away part-time residents’ right to vote here.

Last month, after Democrats cast enough votes to threaten the Republican Party’s generations-old dominance of the town, Republican candidates filed a suit to review dozens of the Democrats’ absentee ballots, claiming they were cast by occasional residents who had no business voting here.

Republican leaders have dispatched lawyers who have asked a state judge for permission to subpoena personal information including income tax returns, E-ZPass records, bank statements, even newspaper subscriptions.

The Democrats claim harassment. Republicans say they are exercising their legal rights.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/23/nyregion/23columbia.html?_r=1&hp

[shraby]

1. The IRS has no business sharing the info on a tax return.

I believe that's a no-no.