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Ms.Victory Donating Member (196 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-04 10:45 PM
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Watch Dog Groups Reports Dirty Tricks To Keep Voters Home
This is just appalling!

WASHINGTON -- There are some nasty tricks being played on potential voters, according to lawyers with groups that are monitoring pre-election activities in a number of battleground states.






In the hotly contested state of Pennsylvania, some people have received official-looking phony letters that say because the turnout is going to be so large that only Republicans should vote Tuesday, and the Democrats should wait until Wednesday, which -- of course -- is too late.

Pennsylvania Attorney General Jerry Pappert said several senior citizens have reported that someone has been calling them and telling them their voter registration has expired and not to bother showing up at the polls Tuesday, reported WGAL-TV in Lancaster, Pa.

The attorney general's office is investigating. Tampering with people's right to vote can carry a prison term of six months to five years.



http://www.wftv.com/politics/3878517/detail.html
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Free2BMe Donating Member (535 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-04 10:46 PM
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1. Heck they could flatten my tires..I can walk to the poles...
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scheming daemons Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-04 10:47 PM
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2. I think you mean polls...
The walk to Warsaw might take a while.... ;-)

(Just kidding)

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Free2BMe Donating Member (535 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-04 11:01 PM
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4. Hey somebody does readum!! Yuppers,polls and poles...lots of energy
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EmperorHasNoClothes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-04 10:49 PM
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3. Why can't they just play fair?
Oh, that's right, because they would always lose!
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