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Conyers Wants DOJ Action On Virginia Flier
The phony flier that surfaced recently in Virginia, instructing Democrats to vote on Wednesday November 5th, has drawn the attention of House Judiciary Chair John Conyers.
As we wrote Monday, the flier, which surfaced in largely African-American areas of the Hampton Roads region, is designed to look like an official communication from the state board of elections, even reproducing the board's logo. It informs readers that becasue of expected high turnout on election day, November 4th, Democrats have been asked to vote November 5th.
Election day, of course, is November 4th for everyone.
Conyers wrote to Attorney General Michael Mukasey, asking him to take action. Conyer's letter points out that, because there are legitimate concerns in Virginia about over-crowded polling places, and because the flier is designed to look like it comes from the state election board, it "has enough of a ring of truth to confuse voters and suppress turnout."
The letter goes on to call the effort "an echo of the darkest days of our struggle for civil rights."
Virginia election officials have said that state police are already looking into the flier's provenance.
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"Conyers Wants DOJ Action On Virginia Flier"
I want flier action on phony DOJ!
October 30, 2008 6:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hell yes. I hope they through their sorry asses in jail for a long time. That is just one more reason to hate the republicans.
The only way these crooks can win an election is to lie, cheat, distort, and then lie and cheat some more. While accusing their opponents of doing the same thing.
October 30, 2008 9:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
Just another incident of Country First Republicans fighting for and protecting democracy from the scourge of eligible voters casting votes.
October 30, 2008 11:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
It's safe to say that any letters that Rep. Conyers sends to AG Mukasey regarding voter suppression by the GOP will be unanswered. In all likelihood DOJ will be too busy investigating voter fraud charges against the Democrats - its number one priority as dictated by the White House.
Rep. Conyers sends a lot of letters. In a responsible government with any degree of accountability, letters such as his would be used as a starting point for focusing attention on abuses and ultimately leading to appropriate actions. But under the Bush Administration, requests of any kind from Congress are routinely ignored. Why should the administration comply with requests - it's not as if Congress ever does anything about their arrogant refusals to comply.
I hope that the next Congress will conduct an early and comprehensive investigation of the coordinated efforts by the Republican Party to suppress votes and the Bush Administration's complicity in such acts. There is no more fundamentally important right in a democracy than the right to vote and the degree of sophistication exhibited in recent years to deny selective groups of this right can't be overlooked.
October 31, 2008 12:05 PM | Reply | Permalink