Huge voter suppression plot exposed in Wisconsin (illegal vote caging)

[Ian David]

A massive, coordinated and illegal plan to suppress Wisconsin voter turnout in November was exposed today by One Wisconsin Now (OWN).

The plan, targeting minority voters and students, is a joint effort of the Republican Party, Americans for Prosperity, and Tea Party groups. OWN has somehow obtained both copies of the plan and a recording of a meeting at which it was discussed, both available on a new website, SaveWisconsinVote2010.org

OWN Executive Director Scot Ross said the group will request investigations by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, as well as the Wisconsin Attorney General’s Election Integrity Task Force and the Government Accountability Board, to insure the right to vote is not stolen by these plans.

The term for what the right-wing intends to do is called "vote caging," and involves sending mail to addresses on voter lists and using returned mail to challenge voters at the polls on election day.

The result? Some voters are forced to cast provisional ballots, which require them to follow-up the day after an election for the ballot to be counted. Historically, about 35% of all provisional ballots are never counted.

Voters who have no reason to think their registrations will be challenged at the polling place may not have the required material to complete an Election Day registration, so the voter will be turned away or sent home to get more documents.



More:
http://uppitywis.org/blogarticle/huge-voter-suppression-plot-exposed

Hat-tip to: http://twitter.com/caffeinehusky/status/25111537981

[Historic NY]

1. Republicans only can win when they steal your vote....fight, fight, fight.

[Botany]

2. teabaggers= republicans

they are not a new political party

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

3. They're the DLC of the GOP. nt

[glitch]

4. That certainly explains all the noise about the "trouble" Feingold is in.

Setting up the frame for the take.

[Hubert Flottz]

5. People who do shit like this shouldn't go to jail they should be shot

or at least kicked out of the country with nothing but the shirt on their back.

[bushisanidiot]

6. I wonder when the last time was that republicons actually won an election w/out cheating.

Not in my lifetime, that's for sure!!