Bury Me Broken

Disenfranchisement: Republican Tactic Nationwide

Once upon a time in a land far away, America had two major parties and each party put forth a candidate and the people decided. I am reminded of the Robert DeNiro line from Untouchables:

“You got an all-out prize fight, you wait 'til the fight's over, one guy's left standing and that's how you know who won.”

Well not anymore. It is rubbing irritants on gloves to blind the opponent, stepping on feet, holding the rope with the arm away from the ref and groin shots, pure and simple.

From Dailykos:

King County is the latest setting for the newest series of Republican dirty
tricks.

Using the 2004 gubernatorial election saga as an excuse, the Republicans have
filed challenges to nearly 2,000 voter registrations within King County - Washington State's most populous county, and a Democratic stronghold.

Just days before this Tuesday's general election, thousands of voters have received letters in the mail informing them that their right to vote is being challenged by the Republican Party of King County. The story broke a few days ago and has been since covered extensively by the local media

Also from Dailykos:

Married women in Arizona are being denied the right to vote by the new Voter ID law, according to the LA Times -- which doesn't quite say so, but we know how to read between the lines. It reports that the "stringent voter identification law being put into effect in Arizona -- designed to keep illegal immigrants from voting -- is also preventing thousands of legitimate voters from casting ballots" in this Tuesday's election.

Much attention in many states has been given to the Voter ID laws' disenfranchisement of minorities, who tend to vote Democrat.But it turns out that the Voter ID laws also disenfranchise women -- the majority of the Democratic voters for decades in presidential elections as well as many state and local elections.

See http://www.latimes.com/

Now that is just two diaries from a single website. Those of us in Florida know this story all too well.

[Update 06 Nov 2005 2210hrs - Another Republican dirty trick is posted on the front page at Dailykos]

posted by niteskolar @ 6:33 PM