Bogus letter calls out 'deadbeat' voters

[Rose Siding]

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A bogus letter circulating in South Carolina, purporting to be from the NAACP, threatens the arrest of voters who have outstanding parking tickets or failed to pay child support. The NAACP said Friday the letter is a scare tactic and called for an investigation.

"I'm outraged," said Jill Miller, director of the Charleston County Board of Election and Voter Registration. "This is so bogus."

The Rev. Joe Darby, vice president of the state chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said he received the one-page letter -- which had a Columbia postmark with no return address -- at his Charleston home.
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The letter also says voters must have a credit check, provide two forms of photo identification, a Social Security card, a voter registration card and a handwriting sample.

"None of that is true," said Miller. "I certainly hope no voter would be taken in by this."

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/president/articles/2004/10/29/bogus_letter_calls_out_deadbeat_voters/

[susanna]

1. This is INSANE.

Whoever is pulling this crap (and I think I read it's also happening in Milwaukee) should be sent to prison for it. There is nothing lower than this type of voter intimidation.

Disgusting.

[mom cat]

2. This will backfire..bigtime.

[Tempest]

3. Happening in Milwaukee also

http://dailykos.com

About 1/4 the page down.