- b.c.,
This morning's article from MSNBC regarding deception and fraudulent voter information, reminiscent of the days of Jim Crow, and targeted at Jews, Latinos, and African Americans in an effort to DEFRAUD voters of their right to vote.
To quote the article,
"The intent, almost always, is to keep folks from voting or to confuse them, usually through intimidation or misinformation. But in this presidential race, in which a black man leads most polls, some of the deceit has a decidedly racist bent."
According to the news item, their deceitful tactics have included the following:
This is nature of the people who want to occupy the highest offices in the land.
Dirty tricks increase as Election Day nears - Making Your Vote Count
To quote the article,
"The intent, almost always, is to keep folks from voting or to confuse them, usually through intimidation or misinformation. But in this presidential race, in which a black man leads most polls, some of the deceit has a decidedly racist bent."
According to the news item, their deceitful tactics have included the following:
- Fliers distributed in predominantly African-American neighborhoods of Philadelphia warning voters they could be arrested at the polls if they had unpaid parking tickets or if they had criminal convictions.
- In Virginia, bogus fliers with an authentic-looking commonwealth seal telling Democrats that (due to high turnout) theyd have to vote on Wednesday.
- In New Mexico, two Hispanic women filed lawsuits for harassment by a private investigator working for a Republican lawyer who came to their homes and threatened to call immigration authorities, even though they are U.S. citizens.
- In Pennsylvania, e-mails °linking Obama to the Holocaust, claiming "Jewish Americans cannot afford to make the wrong decision on Tuesday, Nov. 4," adding "Many of our ancestors ignored the warning signs in the 1930s and 1940s and made a tragic mistake."
- In Pennsylvania, leaflets taped to picnic benches at Drexel University, warning students that police would be at the polls on Tuesday to arrest would-be voters with prior criminal offenses.
- In Jewish neighborhoods, fliers claiming Obama was more sympathetic to Palestinians than to Israel, and showed a photograph of him speaking in Germany.
- In Nevada, Latino voters who had received calls from people describing themselves as Obama volunteers, urging them to cast their ballot over the phone. stuff going on in the campaigns, and it doesn't get investigated."
This is nature of the people who want to occupy the highest offices in the land.
Dirty tricks increase as Election Day nears - Making Your Vote Count
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