Jim Crow Returns: Interstate "Crosscheck" Program Could Strip Millions of the Right to Vote

[deutsey]

On the eve of the midterm elections, we air a report by investigative journalist Greg Palast on how new voter ID laws risk disenfranchising millions, especially black, Hispanic and Asian-American voters. Twenty-seven states are now participating in the Interstate Voter Registration Crosscheck Program. Backers say it is needed to prevent voter fraud, but critics say it is being used to stop Democratic-leaning voters from going to the polls. Tens of thousands of names have already been removed, and millions more are threatened. Based on a six-month investigation, Palast’s report originally aired on Al Jazeera America. A Puffin Foundation fellow, Palast is the author of the New York Times best-seller, "Billionaires & Ballot Bandits: How to Steal an Election in 9 Easy Steps."

Transcript: http://www.democracynow.org/2014/11/3/jim_crow_returns_interstate_crosscheck_program

[KeepItReal]

1. K&R

Election fraud is real.

[zebonaut]

2. Voter Suppression; (cleverly disguised as "voter fraud prevention") is a FELONY

[LiberalArkie]

3. Has any election been forced to be re-done? I can't think of any.

So if there was so much fraud that a candidate won 100% of the votes in a state like Texas, what is the worst that could happen. I can't think of a time when an election has been invalidated.