WAPO: Md. Democrats Say GOP Plans to Block Voters

[eomer]

Md. Democrats Say GOP Plans to Block Voters

By Matthew Mosk
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, November 2, 2006; Page B06

A recently distributed guide for Republican poll watchers in Maryland spells out how to aggressively challenge the credentials of voters and urges these volunteers to tell election judges they could face jail time if a challenge is ignored.

Democrats said yesterday they consider the handbook, obtained by The Washington Post, evidence of a Republican effort to block people from voting Tuesday.

"The tenor of the material is that they are asking folks, if not directing them, to challenge voters," said Bruce L. Marcus, an attorney for the state Democratic Party. "It's really tantamount to a suppression effort."

Advocacy groups including the National Campaign for Fair Elections, Common Cause and the NAACP, as well as a George Washington University professor who is an expert on voter suppression, agreed with that assessment.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/01/AR2006110103202.html

[denverbill]

1. I'd sue the mf's for every penny they've got.

Any damn GOP'er that tries to stop me from exercising my constitutional rights had better be prepared to risk his life savings.

[galloglas]

2. The uniform response to any of these

"Republican poll watchers in Maryland (who) aggressively challenge the credentials of voters and urges these volunteers to tell election judges they could face jail time if a challenge is ignored."

should be, by voters and poll watchers alike, should be

"Fuck you!! Go to jail? Who's taking me? You and whose fucking army?"

If they don't run, call Election Integrity Resources Line 866-687-8683

Don't punch them out at the polling place. Get their license numbers and even shit up later.