GOP Accused of Planning to Obstruct Blacks at Florida Polls

[steve2470]

http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/timespoll/la-na-caging28oct28,1,7938249.story

this story is about the caging emails scandal of georgewbush.org

By John M. Glionna, Times Staff Writer


OCALA, Fla. — The Bush campaign is planning an election day effort to disrupt ballot casting by African Americans by challenging voters whose names are on a "caging list," according to a British news report.

Citing an internal GOP e-mail with the subject line "caging," the BBC reported Tuesday that Florida Republicans had a list of 1,886 names and addresses of voters in largely black and traditionally Democratic areas of Jacksonville.

Republican officials contend that the list merely records returned mail from fundraising solicitations or letters sent to newly registered voters in Duval County, ostensibly to verify their addresses.

"This list was not compiled to challenge voters at the polls and it will not be used for that purpose," said Mindy Tucker Fletcher, a senior advisor to the Florida GOP.
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[NotSoSure]

1. No doubt! btw, what's up with Rendell giving in to the military

votes anyway. If they're late they're late, right?

[newyawker99]

6. Hi NotSoSure!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[steve2470]

2. Why isn't this story getting airplay ? nt

[NewYorkerfromMass]

3. actually it is reving up

there was just that trickle at the beginning of the week.
Watch this one grow.

[auburngrad82]

4. It only took a week for mainstream media to pick this up

This has been bouncing around on DU for about a week now. Every day more links could be found referring to this story on Google News. It's nice to see it's finally getting picked up by media outlets with large numbers of readers, like LA Times.

[JusticeForAll]

5. Planning?

Haven't they already succeeded scaring Blacks, Hisapnics, Whites, and the ENTIRE working class away from voting by forcing them to stand in line for hours to vote?!?

These fuckups are doing their best to disenfranchise every last voter.