Posted on29 October 2008.
Democracy Now! is reporting today on the potential widespread election rigging across the country, as more than 200,000 voters in Ohio find their voting rights at risk, the White House asks the Justice Dept. to investigate (not in a good way), absentee ballots go absent, and long lines form for early voters. Disenfranchisement has become a staple in recent elections and it once again threatens to be a factor in 2008. Read the entire story by clicking here.
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TalkingPointsMemo has been keeping up with the voter suppression “movement.” I posted the link below. They’ve also been doing quite a bit on the Department of Justice purging and connecting that issue to the current trials against Acorn. Basically they’re saying that the replacement of non-loyal attorneys and judges with loyal “Bushies” made it so questionable claims like the one against Acorn will actually be treated as a full-scale problem that must be pursued.
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/10/republican_voter_suppression_a.php