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redstate_democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 01:08 AM
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My Predictions on How the GOP will try to suppress the vote on election day
1. Create varying degrees of emergencies, i.e., bomb threats, mailing envelopes with "white powder" to different voting locations (schools, churches, government buildings, etc) in key counties, preferably urban, high democratic voting counties. Make it so that the fullblown Hazmat teams have to roll out to different areas all day long, demoralizing voters, and scaring older voters away from the polls.

2. Talk about vote fraud and challenge every voter who walks through the door who may be a democratic voter. Do this so that it is practically impossible to get the long lines moving.

3. Cause confusion and have people going to the wrong polling places.

4. Have roving fear-mongering car loads of disrupters roaming the cities.

5. Demoralize voters through local news and radio or say that it seems like it will be a blowout for Obama so that people feel like their vote is not needed


There could be more, but hey, I don't put any of these tactics pass the GOP.
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billyoc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 01:19 AM
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1. We've got a few surprises in store for them this time.
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gristy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 01:20 AM
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2. Then again, they may pull back entirely and not execute any of their plan
If they're gonna lose regardless, I think they may just sleep in on Tuesday.
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JohnnyRingo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 01:59 AM
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3. I would hope that crap only works in Republican states.
It's getting increasingly more difficult to cheat elections for the party of reagan.

In Ohio, we no longer have to cope with the Blackwell curve, Democrat Jennifer Brunner is counting the votes. If Ohio goes red this time, I'll really be disappointed in my fellow Buckeyes.

Really disappointed.
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 02:01 AM
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4. cool...
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