"Minority Voters To Be Intimidated By Polling Place Vigilantes, Report Warns"

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Minority Voters To Be Intimidated By Polling Place Vigilantes, Report Warns

by Dan Froomkin at Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/10/minority-voters_n_1871138.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

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WASHINGTON -- Concerned that a veritable army of Tea Partyers will descend on polling places in minority neighborhoods to challenge and intimidate voters on Election Day, two public interest groups on Monday called for government officials to take extra steps to protect voters' rights.

A new report from Common Cause and Demos, titled "Bullies at the Ballot Box," describes efforts by right-wing groups -- foremost among them, a Tea Party spin-off group called True the Vote -- to train as many as a million volunteers in "poll-watching."

"I think we have seen a much more coordinated and well-funded effort than we've seen in years past, and that's why it's so concerning," said Jenny Flanagan, director of voting and elections at Common Cause and one of the report's authors.

"The message behind their tactic I think is what's most concerning to us," she said, because the groups appear to be "targeting racial minorities and others who have a past of being targeted."

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1. please bring your asses to Oakland

i seriously doubt these teabag assholes will show up in large black/brown communities. like the cowards they are, they will target places like arizona, where law enforcement is them.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

2. Oh YEA. Oakland is a great place for the weasels....

[davidpdx]

6. No, I doubt they'll choose Oakland

It's too much of a minority and California won't be much of a help to them. I agree with you on Arizona, maybe Colorado, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Florida, some of the other southern states as well maybe.

Even though I grew up in Oregon, I was born in Oakland so you could call me a closeted Californian.

[Monk06]

3. Poll watchers who don't live in the precinct should not be allowed into a polling place.

Back during Bush2s reelection they were flying guys from Texas to Cleveland and Philly to intimidate voters. Didn't work too well though. Some big dudes stared them back into their car and they drove off.
The car was a rental.

[madrchsod]

4. more tough talk from the teaparty

train millions? dam now that`s really funny!

well good luck going into minority neighborhoods......

[Kablooie]

5. Sounds like our elections will be run like Third world countries.

The right wants to emulate third world countries in so many ways.
They are jealous of all the poverty, corruption and suffering and want to get more of that good stuff for us here in the US.