Important thread "Voter Purge Underway in Ohio" - mailings sent out today

[flamingdem]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3934932&mesg_id=3934932

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ALERT: Huge Voter Purge Underway in Ohio - mailings sent out today

Nearly 600,000 Subject to Possible Caging in Ohio

How many voter-registration mass mailers are "returned to sender" in the run-up to Election Day may determine how many Ohio residents are eligible to vote.

Ohio election officials are sending out a mass mailer stamped “do not forward” to all registered voters today (Sept. 5) with an absentee ballot application and other important notices for Nov. 4.

What’s important here is not so much what’s going out as what’s being returned to sender.

Unbeknownst to the would-be recipients, the same mailer — just 60 days before the election — has the potential to determine their eligibility to vote, challenged not by election officials but by partisan opposition.

A similar mailer in March netted nondeliverable mail from almost 600,000 registered voters in just five Ohio counties who could now have their ballots thrown out for voting under the wrong address.

The National Voter Registration Act prohibits any state from purging names from the voting rolls within 90 days of an election.

The law doesn’t, however, preclude mass partisan challenges on or shortly before Election Day — known as voter caging — based on the same returned envelopes from state-sponsored mailers like the ones in Ohio and others going out across the country.

http://www.miller-mccune.com/article/662

[d_b]

1. this shit has to stop k&r

I hope the Obama camp is on this, the governor, sec of state. someone. We can't afford to get jacked again in Ohio!


hopefully folks in battleground states bring video cameras to the polls.

[flamingdem]

2. It's creepy, what's next! nt

[No Elephants]

3. If the state cannot purge the names, why is it doing a mailing at taxpayer expense?

[flamingdem]

4. Check out the thread in the OP there is more info on the General Discussion thread

This is a repost since many people hang out here.

[No Elephants]

7. Thank you.

[quantass]

5. 228 Newspapers in Ohio...if someone has the patience collect each editor email/phone and send away

Anyone? Please? :shrug:

[flamingdem]

14. Contact Rosebud who posted this thread about pushing this idea

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6961150

[AzDar]

6. Kick...

:kick:

[Kolesar]

8. What is Secy of State Brunner doing about this?

[rucky]

9. It looks like the Obama camp is on it...

"In Franklin County, the March mailer went to all registered voters as well. Out of 780,000, more than 150,000 notices were returned. Those voters are now excluded from receiving another notice this week, said Ben Piscitelli, spokesman for the Franklin County Board of Elections. The only public records request for the list so far came from the Obama campaign, Piscitelli said."

And they need our help. Looks like alot of doors to knock on in Columbus.

[flamingdem]

10. kick. Please get the word to Ohio folks

[Phred42]

11. We knew this was coming (via Palast) so WHAT has the Dem Leadership done to stop it?

looks like nadda

[Honeycombe8]

12. I hope the OH Dems, AND the nat'l party are looking into this NOW! OH is a must-win! nt

[flamingdem]

13. Check out thread Win OH for Obama - citizen digital journalist thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6961150&mesg_id=6962261

[Sugarcoated]

15. Ohio has a Democratic Governor now

and, I assume, a Dem SOS. Why would Democrats intentionally make it harder for voters?

[suston96]

16. The election theft will happen precinct by precinct and quite possibly not in the large ones....

Someone suggested "precinct posses". Great idea. Check your precinct. If it is run by Republicans be careful, very careful.

[flamingdem]

18. What is a precinct posse? nt

[suston96]

21. Precinct posse is a group of precinct watchers in this case Democratic volunteers....

....getting as involved as the election rules allow.

For example, asking exiting voters if they had any problems or watching for obvious problems like voting machines suddenly breaking and long lines at the polls.

Lots to do. BTW, the Repubs do this "precinct watching" too. So they have to be watched at the same time to see if they disrupt or try to impede the process.

[flamingdem]

22. Sounds like a job for the level headed! thanks nt

[Overseas]

17. K&R -- Emailed this to my friends. Republicans will be doing their election fraud again this time.

I hope more people will be aware of the methods other than electronic vote flipping that Republicans use to get the annoyingly larger numbers of Democrats out of the way.

Vote challenging at the polls will be done again this round too, I hear.

Republicans can only win by invalidating or discouraging the votes of hundreds of thousands of Democrats.


For More information:


www.uncountedthemovie.com for more background.

And the full article this thread was based on has more info about Ohio 2008 election machinations.

[flamingdem]

19. They have many new trick this round! nt

[Orsino]

20. And all those foreclosures will make this vote suppression easier. n/t

[SalmonChantedEvening]

23. K&R It's the only way they can win. n/t