Conyers Wants DOJ Action On Virginia FlierThe 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.