Democrats Allege That Calls to Latino Voters Have Threatened Arrest

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http://www.rollcall.com/issues/1_1/breakingnews/15877-1.html

Democrats Allege That Calls to Latino Voters Have Threatened Arrest

By John Stanton and Rebecca Plevin
Roll Call Staff

Tuesday, Nov. 7; 3:32 pm

Colorado Democrats charged today that Latinos in their state are the target of a voter-intimidation scheme.

In automated and live calls, Democrats allege, Latinos have been told that their ethnicity makes them ineligible to vote in today’s elections. The calls also threatened that Latinos would be arrested at polling places if they did attempt to vote, party sources said.

Although it remains unclear who is responsible for the calls — and how widespread the alleged intimidation is — aides to Democratic House candidate Angie Paccione said they have received two complaints today from Latinos in Weld County, which is part of the district held by GOP incumbent Rep. Marilyn Musgrave.

A source in Musgrave’s campaign categorically denied that the GOP was responsible for any such calls and said Musgrave has not received any complaints today about voter intimidation. ........

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1. I hope that some of the idiots making those calls were

dumb enough to leave THAT message on an answering machine ...