Saturday, July 28, 2007

Exclusive | Emails Detail RNC Voter Supression in 5 States

Exclusive | Emails Detail RNC Voter Supression in 5 States:Caging and other developments...

"The list of questionable voters that was compiled by the Ohio Board of Elections was quite similar to the vote caging lists used by the Republican campaigners. The Board of Elections sent out voter confirmation letters to targeted registered voters. The letters required the voter to return a confirmation request or have their name removed from the voter rolls. Because the confirmation letter gave the voter 60 days to respond, a voter who failed to respond to the confirmation request would still be on the voter rolls for the primary election, but would be purged prior to the general election.
The list was apparently checked by two people identified only as 'Ted' and 'Evan who' made handwritten notes in one of the columns. According to their notes, they described certain parts of Cleveland where low-income and minority voters were targeted as containing 'mixed use buildings' and 'single family apartments.' Another section said, 'looks like a parking lot ... doesn't look residential.'"

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