My first husband and I are white, but we stood beside black people in line to register to vote in Opelika, AL, and said encouraging things. We wanted them to know that not all white people were against their right to register to vote.

I went home before my husband did, but when he drove to our home in Auburn, he looked in his rear view mirror and saw the sheriff's car following him. He drove VERY carefully so the sheriff would not have driving errors as an excuse to stop him. He did get home safely.

When I registered to vote, Alabama required a literacy test. I was not political at all and failed the test (I did not even know the names of both our Senators!). When I asked if I could vote, the tester said I was white and, of course, I could vote.

Among them: conspiracy against rights, especially against Federally protected activities regarding voting. If they actually carry out their plots, they'll be committing intimidation of voters, to name one.

I wonder if the so-called True the Vote plot rises to the level of either hate crimes or domestic terrorism. If not, they should be.

covered. My guess is they are going to target certain areas in swing states or where important Congressional races are taking place. Now the thing about that is they won't be able to cover all of them.

I think it's going to get very very ugly in places like Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Florida, Virginia, Iowa, Colorado, and maybe Nevada. They are desperate to fix the results to win, which is dangerous. We don't know if these people will be carrying guns or some other types of weapons.

The last paragraph is all speculation by me just to be clear, but I believe it is possible.

anyone's eligibility, or to even hold them up or check their credentials? Sounds like you can tell em to stick it up their ass and mind their own business and there is not much they can do about it. Is anyone allowed to just challenge anyone at the polls? That shit can work both ways.

Here's the comment I left on this piece:

"I was a target of a voter intimidation attempt by the CO Sec of State Scott Gessler (Repub). His argument was that since I was not born here, therefore I must be voting illegally (I am a naturalized citizen and registered to vote only after I was naturalized). The nice threatening letter I received from them demanding that I prove my citizenship or withdraw from the voters rolls was intimidation in its purist form.

Fortunately, I refused to be bullied and went to a meeting at his office to speak my mind. I just hope the other almost 4,000 immigrants who also got letters are equally adamant about standing up for their right. In a state like CO which is truly a purple state, it is very telling that 86% of the letters were sent to people who were registered as Democrats or Unaffiliated.

To date they have not removed my name from the voters roll. There will be hell to pay if they do."