NPR reports this afternoon yet another blatant attempt to suppress Democratic voter turnout. This time the tactic is to frighten voters into staying away from the polls.
Listen here
As reported on this afternoon's All Things Considered, predominantly African American neighborhoods in Philadelphia, PA are being papered with
Fliers warning that people with outstanding warrants or unpaid parking tickets could be arrested if they show up at the polls on election day
So add Philadelphia to the long list of states (Florida, Colorado, Indiana, Michigan, Virginia, Montana, Alabama, Wisconsin, Nevada et al) that are dealing with attempts at voter caging. Of course in many of those states the caging efforts are a result of blatant efforts by the GOP. The fliers in Philadelphia in some cases are purporting (falsely, of course) to come from the Obama campaign.
According to NPR,
Zach Stalberg, the president of the nonpartisan watchdog group Committee of Seventy, suggests that a Republican Party supporter may have posted the fliers in an effort discourage voters.
updated to add link to audio here
updated x2 to ask When on earth is the MSM going to start covering the deliberate attempts, all across the country, to suppress Democratic votes??
Just a few examples:
http://www.dailykos.com/...
Florida http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/25/185249/602
http://www.progressivefuture.org/...
http://www.progressivefuture.org/...
Colorado http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/27/142248/791
http://www.coloradopols.com/...
Indian and Michigan http://www.dailykos.com/...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/...
http://www.dailykos.com/...
http://michiganmessenger.com/...
Virginia http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/1/121326/804
http://southernstudies.org/...
http://www.roanoke.com/...
Montana http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/2/165621/039
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmem...
Alabama http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/2/11457/4818
http://www.al.com/...
Wisconsin http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/29/04137/1970
http://www.madison.com/...
Nevada http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/7/194519/727
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/...