Dean says DNC voting hotline received several hundred Indiana calls.

[madfloridian]

He was in Indiana again yesterday for a press conference with the state Democratic chairman.

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060505/NEWS02/605050476/1006/NEWS01

"An appeal will be filed today to try to overturn Indiana's voter ID law, Democratic National Chairman Howard Dean said Thursday.

Dean, in his second trip to Indianapolis in recent weeks, and Indiana Democratic Party Chairman Dan Parker said Tuesday's primary election showed some Hoosiers were denied the right to vote. A hotline set up by the national party received a few hundred complaints, with more still coming in.

In April, U.S. District Judge Sarah Evans Barker upheld Indiana's law, the most stringent in the nation, saying Democrats had not proved their contention that the law was too burdensome.

"After Tuesday, we now have our proof," Parker said. "Everything did not go smoothly. Everything did not go fine."

[mandyky]

1. Hope all the Dean "naysayers" read this!

Now hopefully our National Legislatures will get on this. Dean and the DNC can _ONLY_ point out problems. Congress has to do the legislative work to change it!

[madfloridian]

2. Well put.

He said he has been talking to leaders in the states about the problem with voting machines, and that he was concerned. That was at the Prospect breakfast with reporters, I think. I would have to find the link.

[tom_boy]

3. I hope they pursue this aggressively

A lot of voter fraud ends getting talked about, but no one at the national level is interested in getting documented evidence.

It looks like Dean is.
Kudos.

It can be done.

[madfloridian]

4. Video clip of the press conference.

http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=4863645

"So Dan Parker says the state Democratic Party will file an appeal on Friday. National Democratic Chairman Howard Dean says the law does disenfranchise voters.

"We are not trying to perpetuate voter fraud. This is not about voter fraud. There is no voter fraud in Indiana. The secretary of State for Indiana was unable to sight one instance. This is about vote suppression."

The party chairman says similar laws passed in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania were vetoed by Democratic Governors and a third in Georgia was struck down on appeal.

"The law is part of a national Republican program to disenfranchise voters. They believe the lower the turnout the better for them. We believe the higher the turnout the better for America."

[madfloridian]

5. Voter suppression does matter.

It is not just voting machines, it is suppression that matters as well.
This proves that the hotline is getting attention.