STUPID VOTER 'TRICKS'

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I think this is a very interesting article to read if you can get past the BS claiming democratics pull this crap too.



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Lawyers warn that voters in battleground states will face a barrage of dirty tricks at the polls Tuesday, with some political operatives planning to pose as law-enforcement officers to scare people away.

Other tricks include telling people they can't vote if they haven't paid child support, having undercover "angry voters" yell out that lines are three hours long to discourage people from waiting and having aggressive supporters yell at voters who want to choose the opponent.

Nonpartisan election-protection groups and attorneys recruited by both the Bush and Kerry campaigns to patrol tight states also said groups are expected to send unregistered voters into crowded polling places to slow down the already long lines.

"Nothing would surprise me at this point," said University of Dayton law professor Tom Hagel, who is also the co-chairman of the nonpartisan Ohio Voters Protection Coalition.

"We have to make sure that voters who are eligible to vote can vote, and that they are not swayed to avoid the polls by these types of tactics."

"It's never clear who is behind these types of intimidation and misinformation, so it's difficult to stop it." Both parties have condemned the trickery, which began in recent weeks.

In Ohio's Franklin County, both registered Democrats and Republicans have been receiving phone calls from phony Board of Elections workers telling them that their polling places have been changed, said election officials.

Ohio Republican Party spokesman Jeff Flint added that Ohio Republicans have received calls telling them their absentee ballots will be picked up by election workers — a process that's illegal.

In West Dayton, Ohio, registered Democrats received calls reminding them to vote on Nov. 5 — three days after the election, according to Hagel...


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