So I just wanted to put a diary/thread about reports from Indiana. Two things I wanted to fill everyone in on:
*** Robocalls last night went out linking Senator Obama to partial-birth abortion. The Robocall did not state the source of the call, in violation of Indiana state law.
*** A well-known figure in the community went to vote and was told she didn't look like her picture I.D. The pollworker (white) refused to allow the voter (black) to vote until the voter asked to speak to the pollworker's boss. The supervisor came over and, recognizing the voter, asked her what the problem was. The voter relied on the supervisor's personal knowledge of her identity in order to get her ballot. There are various reports that others have been denied for this same reason from this particular pollworker.
More news and photos below:
Of course, one of the worst effects of the Voter ID law is the Draconian attitude it instills in pollworkers who are now more focused on protecting the system from individual vote fraud than ensuring everyone gets a chance to vote. The Supreme Court's decision last week certainly enshrined the rights framing of this issue as a matter of "voter fraud" rather than "election integrity". Anyone who has been turned away in a bureaucrat system because of "the rules" knows how nonsensical and hard-headed workers can be when armed with governmental authority.
I'll be updating this diary with photos and news as the day progresses.
UPDATE: I know that everyone's been down because of polls in Indiana, but I must say that the ground game in CD-1 (Lake County) is exceedingly motivated. Without giving a number, just rest assured that more doors have been knocked on this past weekend than you'd even guess.
U.S. Representative (IL-9) Jan Schakowsky speaks to canvassers:
Gary Indiana:
Commuter Station for U.S. Steel: