Because Republicans can't legitimately win elections, they have systematically worked to DISENFRANCHISE, discourage voters, require voter IDs, provide misinformation, move polling places, re-institute Jim Crow laws, intimidate voters and numerous other tactics.
Republicans have become little more than Third World Thugs in their efforts to destroy Democracy, the voting rights of others and determine the outcome.
Middleboro witnessed its own experience when attempts were made to institute voter ID for Town Elections and Town Meetings.
Common Cause offered a study with some constructive recommendations.
From Common Cause:
Report:
http://www.866ourvote.org/pages/body/DeceptivePracticesReportJuly2012FINALpdf.pdf
People impersonating election officials and falsely informing voters in New
Bedford that they need a photo ID to vote … Latino voters in Southbridge
systematically challenged at the polls for no other reason than their race …
insufficient bilingual ballots and poll worker training in Springfield
preventing voters from casting their ballot.
These are all real-life
cases of eligible voters wrongfully denied the fundamental right to vote right
here in the Commonwealth. And they're just a taste of the onslaught of bullying,
misinformation, and sabotage voters may face in 2012. A recent
Common Cause report on deceptive election practices exposes some of
the most egregious restrictive voting initiatives across the nation.
We
have a plan to fight back -- our nonpartisan election protection program is
working to protect the fundamental right to cast a ballot, but your involvement
is essential.
Will you volunteer at the polls in
Massachusetts and help ensure that no deceitful Election Day tactics go
uncaught?
You can sign up as a poll worker or a poll
monitor. Once you do, we'll direct you to all the support, information, and
training you will need. Then, on Election Day, we'll connect you with other
passionate election protection volunteers in your community. Together, we'll
work on the frontlines to head off or diffuse efforts to disenfranchise
countless legitimate voters.
These aren't just "dirty tricks," they're
crimes that should have severe consequences -- not just for individual voters,
but for our democracy itself. And it's up to us to stop them.
Please volunteer to join our trained election
protection team in Massachusetts and help protect our
democracy.
Sincerely,
Pam Wilmot
and the rest of
the team at Common Cause Massachusetts
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
The Thuggery of the Vote
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