If this were a Third World Country and the US....

....witnessed the tactics that have been employed by the Republican Party in the US, we would insist on UN observers.

For the last 12 years, the US has tolerated voter suppression, voter fraud, purged voting lists, voter intimidation, misinformation, deliberately long lines designed to discourage voters, at what point do we, as Americans protest?

And before you read this and get huffy that my only current source is media that you might not read, allow me to assure that impartial observers have shared their opinions and the statistics or lack thereof reveal the fraud.

In Massachusetts, part of the solution may be to make VOTER INTIMIDATION a felony to stop the misinformed zealots.

Any suggestions?

Democracy Now! Daily News Digest
November 6, 2012

In Key Florida Battleground, Tea Party-Linked "True the Vote" Challenges Voters at the Polls Election Day 2012 has arrived, and the battle over voter suppression has reached a fever pitch in battleground states. We go to Virginia, where volunteers with the tea party-linked group True the Vote are challenging voters at the polls. We speak with Brentin Mock, the lead reporter for Voting Rights Watch 2012, a collaboration between The Nation magazine and Colorlines.com. Mock also describes voter suppression efforts in Florida, where True the Vote has also targeted alleged felon voters who will be asked to submit a provisional ballot if they attempt to vote today. Watch/Listen/Read

Election (Suppression) Day 2012: From ID to Intimidation, How to Protect Your Rights at the Polls It has been a long time coming, but Americans across the country head to the polls today to cast their ballots. As they do so, voting rights advocates will be watching closely to monitor confusion over whether they are required to show a photo identification and fulfill other requirements that could lead to disenfranchisement. To discuss what is happening at the polls, what voters can expect, and what to do if they encounter problems, we are joined by two guests: Myrna Pérez, senior counsel in the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law and a member of the Election Protection Coalition voter support hotline at 1-866-OUR-VOTE; and Brentin Mock, the lead reporter for Voting Rights Watch 2012, a collaboration between The Nation magazine and Colorlines.com. Watch/Listen/Read

In Ohio, African-American Turnout Threatened by Reduced Early Voting and Faulty Ballots As in all recent elections, Ohio again is a crucial state to win for either presidential candidate. And once again, Ohio is at the center of charges of systematic suppression of the African-American vote. In a report for Democracy Now!, investigative reporter Greg Palast discovers that some early voters in the Buckeye State have received the wrong ballots. Palast is the author of Billionaires & Ballot Bandits: How to Steal an Election in 9 Easy Steps. Watch/Listen/Read