Voter Suppression Round-Up
By Wells Dunbar, 5:00PM, Tue. Nov. 7, 2006
High GOP trickification is afoot in several combative districts nationwide. A sampling of GOP vote suppression and all-around fuckery follows:
In Maryland, homeless people were bussed in from Philadelphia, took a meeting with incumbent Republican governor Bob Ehrlich's wife (!), and then proceeded to pass out campaign literature identifying Ehrlich as a Dem.
In the tight Virginia race between George Allen and Jim Webb, the FBI is looking into claims of phone calls directing voters to make-believe precincts.
There's also reports of Latino voter harassment in Arizona and Colorado.
And if isn't enough, melted-plastic automaton Laura Ingraham is urging her listeners to phone-jam a voter protection hotline. Luckily, her audience doesn't know how to use such complicated technology.
If you see any forms of voter intimidation, or receive any mysterious calls saying your polling place has moved to Baghdad, call the Election Protection Coalition at 866/OUR-VOTE (866/687-8683).
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