Project Vote Report Accuses GOP of Decades of Voter Suppression

In case you have been asleep the last couple of decades, the Repugnicans have a definite agenda, know that holding power via elected positions is key and will do whatever it takes to secure it. By comparison, the Dems have no clearly defined agenda, rarely stick together when they do have power (witness the current Congress), and seem either gutless or clueless about how to call the G.O.P. (Gang of Perverts) on their sh*t.

Until the progressives and moderates get their head out of their backsides we will continue to have this discussion and will continue to see stuff like this posted.

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It is telling that the people who suffer the most from the policies of the GOP are the ones they consistantly target come election day. The only reason the hideous, half-witted piece of shit sleeping at this very moment in the White House is there to begin with is because of the machination s of brother Jeb and Katherine Harris in the state of Florida in 2000. By removing 57,000 African Americans from the list of eligable voters, they were able to steal the election nationwide.

An election is easy to steal only if the margin of victory is as razor close as it was in the years 2000 and 2004. We've got to make sure that 2008 is a landslide. That's not going to happen if the Democrats are stupid enough to nominate Hillary Clinton.

Tom Degan
Goshen, NY
"The Rant" by Tom Degan

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That the rethugs aren't trying to keep this a secret. That they call it a "legal" tactic when it's the opposite. That they'll get away with it yet again, because NOBODY WILL DO A GODDAM THING ABOUT IT.

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Excellent objective article.. I was aware of caging but honestly wasnt aware of the extent of democrats voter padding efforts.. Politics is such a wonderful thing!

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On one hand I agree that Republican vote suppression (or vote fraud) is a huge problem. On the other hand I am annoyed at all of the people who are victims of their own electoral stupidity in not voting. It's fine to raise issues about any form of vote fraud, but wouldn't we be better served expending energy in getting the half of the population who don't even bother to vote to do so? If we got even ten percent of those people to vote that could easily swing an election.

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The Republicans are working to disenfranchise the poor- but loosing the middle class. If you have been watching the presidential debates- the Democrats have talked to most areas of America, while the Republicans seem to focus on the National Riffle Association. They aren’t addressing anyone but the lilly white (and incidentally I am lilly white- and not a member of any disadvantaged group). The Republicans are also ignoring the middle class in all their debates. I don’t hear any discussion in the Republican debates about anything that I consider relevant. I am a throwback to the stone age- I consider abortion and homosexuality as NON issues. I want to discuss jobs and the economy, or the war. I have a traditional conservative Republican party mindset- but there is no one in the Republican party except Ron Paul that I have any connection with.

What the Republicans don’t seem to be aware of is that Bush’s actions are changing the traditional makeup of the Republican party. For most of my life- the Republican party was made up of the wealthy and the middle class. These two groups had similar enough goals that they worked together to form a “business/traditionalists” party. What Bush is doing is reaching out to the born again Christians. That is a laudable goal- that will bring large numbers of the working poor into the Republican party. What the press fails to tell people is that the bulk of born again Christians are the working poor. Bush’s idea is to make an unshakable majority. What a combination this would be- the rich, the middle class- and the poor, all together in one unified party.

Unfortunately, there is one slight snag for Bush- he is annoying the middle class. This is more than a little snag- it is a massive transformational snag. By reaching out to the born again Christians (working poor), the Republicans have launched a group of Presidential candidates that I as a former middle class Republican cannot even think of voting for.

The press has completely hidden the fact that the Republican party is not even remotely addressing the needs and desires of the middle class.

The Republican are trying to remove the ‘poor’ from the election equation to further weaken the Democrats. They will almost certainly succeed in disenfranchising the poor. But this is not necessarily a defeat for the Democrats. First- it is Bush who is trying to woo the working poor- not the Democrats.

If the Democrats are smart- they will use this opportunity to take the middle class away from the Republicans. The middle class began to swing in the last election. Bush had succeeded in preventing poor voters from voting. It was a change in suburbia that gave the Democrats their majority. If the Democrats succeed in capturing the middle class, the election politics of America will change for a generation.

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Everytime there is a racially motivated protest around Michael Vick, immagration, and/or the Jena 6, I am at a loss as to why there are not mass protests regarding voter fraud. Some of the information out there from Greg Palast and RFK Jr., have demonstrated how race plays a significant role in this country about who's vote counts and who's does not. Even the mainstream media has touched on the subject and the 2000 election was not that long ago.

What issue could be more important to equality than the fair and equal voice in elections. Why are there not protests by various community and religous leaders demanding that type of fairness?

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Conservative family members have often brought up the subject of Democrats using voter fraud, such as dead people voting, busing in students from out of state (an accusation from a GOP official in the article, also), and other methods of double-voting.

I have my sincere doubts about the extent of this, however other than a few liberals saying this is minimal, I've seen no serious reports, or evidence, that could refute this accusation. Does anyone know of a such a report? Especially, one that might be available online.

Thank you

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We got a new Secretary of State, and things will be much better than the old Republican one, who had some nice fearmongering in 2004 elections.

On the voter fraud issue, former NM District Attorney David C. Iglesias couldn't go forward with allegations and he got fired. Damn them law-abiding Republicans, they are getting purged just as much as a African American voter in 2000 in Florida is.

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Racism is the backbone of The Republican party..!

If it weren't for the Republicans, Racism might be dead in America..

Go see Brasscheck TV: The Mechanics of Voter Fraud..

With Robert Kennedy Jr.

It shows the links between Rove and the attorney firings were about voter fraud..and Rove may face criminal prosecution except I think Bush's choice of the new AG came with guarantees not to prosecute Rove...


The BBC got some of those missing Emails that detail this by creating a web site G.W. Bush.org..

Brasscheck TV Mechanics of Voter Fraud..

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Here it is..with Robert Kennedy Jr.

http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/162.html


Please watch this Google it, if there is no live link..!

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ACORN’s voter registration drives have submitted over 1.6 million voter registration applications from low-income and minority Americans since 2004, a feat that has earned ACORN many accolades but also made it a target for attacks by partisans who might prefer that minority and low-income voters not cast ballots at all.

So it's no surprise that oft-repeated falsehoods about ACORN's successful voter registration drives would come from Heather Heidelbaugh of the Republican National Lawyers Association, an organization which since 2000 has gone out of its way to suppress the civic participation of low-income and minority voters, deploying armies of Republican lawyers to minority voting precincts in key states to intimidate and challenge voters.

Contrary to Ms. Heidelbaugh’s statement, ACORN has never been indicted for voter fraud, election fraud or anything else. A handful of prosecutions have come against fired employees – who were often identified through ACORN’s quality control program and in many cases referred by ACORN to law enforcement officials – who were caught trying to submit fake applications to pad their hours and defraud ACORN out of extra wages. In none of these cases has there been any indication of an attempt to influence voter rolls or the outcome of elections, or to encourage anyone to vote improperly. Prosecutors in some of these cases have told reporters and even the Congress that ACORN cooperated in their investigations and, in fact, was victimized by its own employees.

As much as the RNLA would like to foment fears of vast voter fraud to justify its program of voter intimidation, the facts are the facts. Barnard College professor Lorraine Minnite’s definitive 2007 study of voter fraud found that only 24 people were convicted of illegal voting between 2002 and 2005 (out of at least 203 million votes cast in federal elections alone) and that none was connected to a voter registration drive.

ACORN community leaders work hard to encourage American citizens to exercise their right to vote; Heidelbaugh and the RNLA spread disinformation to justify the discreditable practice of putting barriers in their way.

Maude Hurd
ACORN National President

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another tactic is to not to trust partisan groups that register voters. in 2004 before the election This American Life reported that some partisan groups (guess which party) would simply throw away voter registrastion cards if they were not sure your political allegiance matches their own. as someone who has worked at student precinct, in Athens Ohio I know that numerous times students thought they were registered to vote but did nnot actually turn in their voter registratiion card themselves. the got provisional ballots but over 70% did not count Lesson should be learned turn in your voter registration card at electoral board yourself.

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I can't figure out why the country with the lowest rate of voter turnout in the Western world is so worried about there being too many voters?

As for all the registration hullaballoo--here in Canada, we do most of our voter registration with a checkbox on our income-tax forms. Just try and find someone who fills those out twice!

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They need to cheat on every level, because they are very, vary bad for the average, middle class American.

It requires every manner of deception, from "Caging" voters to crooked, "Fake-Weaklings" in the opposition party.

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