Stop Destruction of Voter Registrations : Send the RNC a Message

[evilqueen]

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President Bush: Stop Destruction of Voter Registrations

Contributed by Working Assets

Evidence is rapidly emerging of an aggressive voter suppression effort funded by the Republican National Committee and carried out in a number of states. As first reported by a CBS affiliate in Las Vegas, voter registration operatives paid by the Republican National Committee (RNC) collected thousands of voter registration forms but shredded forms filled in by Democrats. These voters now mistakenly believe that they are registered to vote.

The operatives were employed by a Republican consulting firm Sproul & Associates, whose owner is Nathan Sproul, former head of the Arizona Republican Party and Arizona Christian Coalition. This firm has received hundreds of thousands of dollars from the RNC, and is operating in numerous states. They register voters under the neutral sounding name of Voters Outreach of America.

The extent of the fraud is as yet unknown, and may not be fully known until Election Day.

Because of the illegal activity of this company, some voters who go to the polls on Election Day will be turned away at the door.

As a result of this criminal behavior, hundreds -- or even thousands -- of would-be voters will find out on Election Day that their registration form was never processed. Because of this company’s dirty tricks, these individuals will be denied their right to vote.

Call to action
Demand that President Bush renounce these dirty tricks and order his presidential campaign and the Republican National Committee to immediately sever all ties with Voters Outreach of America and Sproul & Associates, and to cooperate fully with all legal authorities to punish those responsible.

Deadline: November 2, 2004

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*Moderators : Please Make Sticky

[evilqueen]

1. *kick*

Come on folks, flood their email boxes.

[evilqueen]

2. *keep kickin'*

Keep this kicked up to the front page.

We need to take action on this now and until something is done about the destroyed voter registrations.

Please post here when you've sent the email.

[evilqueen]

3. *kickety kick*

It sounds like a great plot for a political drama on TV, but this is real: A company paid by the Republican National Committee to collect voter registrations shredded thousands of the forms that were filled out by Democrats. That means thousands of voters who thought they registered won't be on the rolls on November 2. A CBS affiliate in Las Vegas first broke the story, but the company, Voters Outreach of America, has operated in several other states as well. This type of dirty politics is absolutely unacceptable, and President Bush must renounce Voters Outreach of America and its director, Nathan Sproul, stop funding them immediately, and make sure the voters whose records were destroyed are registered.

The Daily Kos and Talking Points Memo are already behind this action. Please click the form link above and get involved.

[evilqueen]

4. *kicking*

Your e-mail will be sent to:

Ed Gillespie, Chairman
Republican National Committee
310 First Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003

President George W. Bush
Bush-Cheney '04, Inc.
P.O. Box 10648
Arlington, VA 22210

Additional Information:

For more information on this issue, please visit KLAS-TV.com and read their story: Voter Registrations Possibly Trashed.

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Contact information and links for advocacy group(s) working on this issue:

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[evilqueen]

5. Nominate it for the front page?

*kick*

[RebelOne]

12. Yes, I did.

[AndyTiedye]

6. I Hope This Brings Lots of Pissed Off (and Registered) Voters to the Polls

What the Repubs did is blatantly illegal, but the voters who are
disenfranchised in this manner have no legal recourse, except in
those few states with very late registration deadlines, or same-day
registration.

They appear to have destroyed thousands of Democratic voter registrations,
practically all of whom would have voted, and voted for Kerry.

We can but hope that this outrage will turn out even more (duly
registered) voters for Kerry.
:grr::grr::grr:

[evilqueen]

7. They may be able to get special waivers or something

...to enable those people to get re-registered. Everyone in affected states should check with their local officials to make SURE they are registered to vote!!

[evilqueen]

8. *kick*

If we don't stop them, there could be THOUSANDS of Democrats disenfranchised!

[Dem2theMax]

9. Done and kicking.

But why oh why do they have Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream adverts on their page? Now I want some! lol.

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[liberal N proud]

10. kick

[Clintmax]

11. They all need to be prosecuted!

This kind of criminal behavior astonishes me. I don't think Bushlet has the balls to denounce them, though, so I wouldn't hold my breath on that one. I hope EVERY single Dem. in the effected states checks with officials to make SURE they are actually registered.

[evilqueen]

13. agreed - prosecution!

When Kerry takes back the WH, the judiciary will be getting 4 new supreme court justices.

Hopefully we'll take back the senate. If we work hard enough, maybe even the House.