You want tales of voter suppression in swing states? Try here, here, and here.
In another bit of mind-boggling scandal, College Republicans have been accused of scamming seniors.
Many of the top donors were in their 80s and 90s. The donors wrote checks — sometimes hundreds and, in at least one case, totaling more than $100,000 — to groups with official sounding-names such as "Republican Headquarters 2004," "Republican Elections Committee" and the "National Republican Campaign Fund."I guess it's good training for later life, since that's where Rove, Norquist and Reed got their starts.But all of those groups, according to the small print on the letters, were simply projects of the College Republicans, who collected all of the checks.
And little of the money went to election efforts.
Of the money spent by the group this year, nearly 90 percent went to direct-mail vendors and postage expenses, according to records filed with the Internal Revenue Service.
Here are some useful election numbers/sites:
Vote Watch 2004
Video Vote Vigil
Election Protection Hotlines:
1-866-MYVOTE1 to report problems (Common Cause)
1-866-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683) for immediate legal assistance from a lawyer (non-partisan)
Here's another site that some people may find useful/interesting:
http://www.electoral-vote.com/index.html
And for those that are subscribed to CNN online:
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/
That should be: "who are subscribed...". I hate it when I make that mistake.
Posted by: deborah at November 2, 2004 04:51 AMMy friend Mani (http://www.utterchaos.blogspot.com) had her voter registration "lost" somehow in Arizona, and wrote about it today. This whole thing sickens me -- smear campaigns against other politicians are bad enough, but resorting to voter trickery is just beyond the pale.
Posted by: Sue at November 2, 2004 08:43 AM