S.C., Va. "NAACP" warns voters who owe parking tickets they face arrest

[Bluebear]

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.

He said it was an attempt to frighten minorities from voting Tuesday because the letter-writer assumes black people are in trouble with the law.

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.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041029/ap_on_el_pr/voter_scam_1

Per MSNBC, also making the rounds in Virginia

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Jim Crow is alive and well huh

[billyoc]

12. The correct term

is "Jeb Crow". :)

[JPZenger]

2. Same Technique Used in Baltimore in 2002

According to People for the American Way, this exact same method was used in Black neighborhoods in Baltimore in 2002 during a close governor's race. Flyers were distributed to make sure that people had paid up all of the their parking tickets, utility bills, tax bills, etc. so that they could vote. Some of the flyers told people to vote - but the wrong Tuesday. The Republican defeated an incumbent Democrat.

[DaveSZ]

4. racist bastards

[harpo]

3. if this worries you...vote early!

[Bluebear]

6. I'm worried for voter intimidation

People who believe this would think they would just face arrest early if they voted early.

[oneighty]

5. The real reason dems

lose elections.. Hey at least I ain't a black man, rag head, jew or ------- fill in the blank-- poor white man crowd.

Voting against their own best interests. It will never change.

180

[apnu]

7. Again?!?! geez didn't this get crazy press in 2000 AND 2002?

These scumbags never have any good new tricks do they?

[retread]

8. When KKKarl promised a 72 hour "blitz", you didn't think

he meant a get out the vote blitz did you?

[Bluebear]

11. You are so, so right

[billyoc]

13. lol, 72 hour blitz(krieg)

I figured he'd widely distribute *'s plan for repairing the economy, creating jobs, ending the war and reducing our dependence on foreign oil. But if you don't have a SINGLE FUCKING ONE of those things, i guess you just have to try to stop people from voting. :grr:

[RevCheesehead]

9. Same crap in Milwaukee, too (but no NAACP reference)

[kayell]

10. The good news in this:

The BFEE must be running totally scared if they need to resort to this crap in SC. As I've mentioned before, I'm not seeing near as many Bush/Cheney signs and bumperstickers here in upstate SC (the extra conservative corner of a conservative state) as I did 4 years ago. Their support is weak at best. This state has been totally screwed by the economic downturn and jobs shipped overseas.