Ohio: Fake Calls Trying to Make People Mess Up Their Vote!

[CatWoman]

http://loganslurch.blogspot.com/2004/10/more-fraud-in-ohio-fake-calls-trying.html

[Hog lover]

1. Will the "librul" media give as much time to this as Teresa's mistake?

I have some swamp land in Florida I could sell you if you think the answer is yes.

[cthrumatrix]

4. They are too busy telling people about Kerry's hunting outfit....

[snippy]

2. How very republican. n/t

[napi21]

3. I suggest you get this info to the newspapers and TV stations!

This really is a public service issue and needs to be front page! Maybe many people called the Elections Board, but how many haven't?

[CatWoman]

5. I lifted it off Atrios

and a newspaper story is linked as well.

However, I'm going to email this story to the other blogs, and to Olberman.

[JPZenger]

7. Watch Out for These Tricks

Here's a great set of links on election dirty tricks:

http://www.crisispapers.org/topics/electoral-integrity.htm
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"Vicky Beasley, a field officer for People for the American Way, recently noted that in elections in Baltimore in 2002 and in Georgia last year, black voters were sent fliers saying anyone who hadn't paid utility bills or had outstanding parking tickets or were behind on their rent would be arrested at polling stations.

Beasley said that in a mayoral election in Philadelphia last year, people pretending to be plainclothes police officers stood outside some polling stations asking people to identify themselves, and that there have also been reports of mysterious individuals videotaping people waiting in line to vote in black neighborhoods. Spencer Overton, professor of law at George Washington University, said that minority voters may be deterred from voting simply by election officials demanding to see drivers' licenses before handing them a ballot, when the federal government does not require people to produce a photo identification unless they are first-time voters who registered by mail. Overton said "African-Americans are four to five times less likely than whites to have a photo ID."

http://www.radiohc.cu/ingles/noticias/sept04/noticiasmundo24septiembre.htm

[eurolefty]

6. You could contact BBC

BBC has reporters following the situation in Ohio. They might be interested in this.
Maybe local media will cover it after it's been reported by foreign media.