'Tis the season for tricking voters

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Sunday, November 2, 2008 2:28 PM EST
The Associated Press
By DEBORAH HASTINGS AP National Writer


In the hours before Election Day, as inevitable as winter, comes an onslaught of dirty tricks — confusing e-mails, disturbing phone calls and insinuating fliers left on doorsteps during the night.

The intent, almost always, is to keep folks from voting or to confuse them, usually through intimidation or misinformation. But in this presidential race, in which a black man leads most polls, some of the deceit has a decidedly racist bent.