Virginia politicians use lies to scare Democrat-leaning Virginia Tech students away from voting

Late last month local Virginia Republican officials began to worry about the thousands of students at Virginia Tech who were being registered by the Obama Campaign. So they put out a series of press releases incorrectly asserting dire consequences for the students.

((((The releases warned that such students could no longer be claimed as dependents on their parents’ tax returns, a statement the Internal Revenue Service says is incorrect, and could lose scholarships or coverage under their parents’ car and health insurance.))))

After some inquiries from students and parents, and more pointed questions from civil rights lawyers, the state board of elections said Friday that it was “modifying and clarifying” the state guidelines on which the county registrar had based his releases.

When I was helping register Black Voters for SNCC in 1964, I would have laughed if you had told me that middle class white college students would need the help of a civil rights lawyer to get registered. Before the clarification over 1000 students withdrew their registration application. The War Party becomes The Bully Party.
http://jtaplin.wordpress.com/2008/09/08/stopping-students-from-voting/

:wtf: It's just mind-numbing and getting more so EVERYday. :crazy:

:eyes: not every american can vote dontcha know its not spelled out exactly like that in the constitution

I live in Virginia and he hears from me on a regular basis on this subject.

Bless your heart ~

these motherfuckers are TERRIFIED

they're pulling voter intimidation outta their asses like it's 1962?

i hope it's not too late to get those 1000 votes back

(edited for grammar)

but that would be government getting into our business and protecting us from unscrupulous self-interested players and, damn it, we don't want that...we want the unfettered freedom to screw and be screwed. For most, the latter. :sarcasm:

or by preventing their vote from being counted.