Federal Judge Finds Intimidation of Native Americans in South Dakota

Yesterday, Tom Daschle filed a lawsuit in federal court against John Thune, the South Dakota Republican Party, and several unknown Republican operatives who were intimidating Native Americans in order to keep them from voting.

It turns out (no surprise!) that the allegations were absolutely true.  U.S. District Judge Lawrence L. Piersol issued a temporary restraining order against the Republicans, concluding that "there was intimidation particularly targeted at Native American voters in Charles Mix County by persons who were acting on behalf of John Thune."  Here's a link to the ruling:

http://www.sdd.uscourts.gov/casedocs/case1/doc_dir/6.pdf

The bottom line is that the Republicans have already started intimidating minority voters to keep them from the polls, and there should be no moral "equivalence" in the media about what Republicans and Democrats are doing on election day.  We're signing up new voters and trying to help people vote, while Republicans are trying to keep people from voting.  If the election looks tight, we need to get this message out and I think South Dakota is part of the story.