TPM: Kansas Voters Report Callers Telling Them They Need Proof Of Home Ownership To Vote

[highplainsdem]

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/11/kansas_voters_report_callers_telling_them_they_nee.php

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Kansas Voters Report Callers Telling Them They Need Proof Of Home Ownership To Vote
Rachel Slajda | November 2, 2010, 1:22PM


The Kansas attorney general has opened an investigation into reports that voters across Kansas have received calls giving them a slew of false information about the election: That the election has been moved to Wednesday, that they need to bring their voter registration cards to the polls and that they need proof of homeownership to vote.

"That's a felony," AG spokesperson Gavin Young tells TPMmuckraker. Young said the complaints were not concentrated in a specific area, but came from all over the state. Contrary to original reports of robocalls, Young said many of the voters said they received live calls from real people.

He wouldn't say how many complaints the office received, but noted that the bulk came in over the weekend, with another six or so coming in yesterday.

"We haven't seen this for quite a while," Young said. In 2000, reports of calls telling voters they needed their voter registration cards to vote lead to stricter voting intimidation laws in the state.

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[Bitwit1234]

1. And contrary to popular belief the FBI

can trace calls even if the person has hung up. So If I had received one of those calls I would have prosecuted the person calling to the fullest extent I could.

[drm604]

2. Damnit!

The assclowns that pull this kind of crap make my blood boil. :grr: