October 31, 2004

Countdown to the Recount : Voter Suppression
by Liza Sabater

The flurry of posts I have about election protection was prompted by posts I have seen all over the blogosphere like "Afro-Netizen: Secret Document Suggests GOP Preparing to Challenge Black Vote in Florida". Thanks to Mithu, from Canada (?!?), for reminding me to make mention of the actual reports.

Mithu wrote about Greg Palast's investigative article for Democracy Now!, Secret Document Suggests GOP Preparing to Challenge Black Vote in Florida, which also was reported through the BBC show, Newsnight:

Please take a moment to check out this BBC report and help to publicize it:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/video/40459000/rm/_40459555_uselex_palast26_vi.ram

A report leading the BBC Newsnight newscast about how African Americans are being targeted by Republicans in Florida 2004. The journalist who did the report discussed on Democracy Now! that the RNC threatened the BBC if they aired the report and that the RNC would restrict future access to Republican guests.

Note: this is the same reporter who broke the story about voter suppression of the African American vote after the 2000 election fiasco in Florida - a story that the American media passingly picked up only several months later and was also covered in F9/11 in a big way. (i.e. Florida republican election officials knowingly put African Americans on the do-not-vote list because of non-existent criminal records).

* Link is Real Video format video *

Associated story on BBC website: BBC NEWS | Programmes | Newsnight | New Florida vote scandal feared

This is the reason why I believe there will be a recount. The GOP has been focused these past few weeks on supressing the vote on all possible demographic "swinger" quarters, from black neighborhoods in Florida, Ohio and Philadelphia, 18 year-olds coming out to vote for the first time, double-dipping snow birds and mentally incompetent senior citizens. It's exhausting just trying to keep up with all their shenanigans. That's why Election Protection, Move On, ACLU and countless other organizations have been working hard at not just get out the vote, but to protect it from annullment. "No more chads" is the battle-cry for this coming Tuesday.

Thanks Mithu, once again, for the reminder.

Previously at c u l t u r e k i t c h e n:
Snowbirds double-dipping their votes in Florida and New York
WTF : They'll even wheel in the demented to steal a vote?
Help Rock the Overseas Vote
Stealing Democracy

Related posts elsewhere:
Colorado Luis: Real Vote Fraud
Daily Kos :: DNC on the Sproul case
Stealing The Election | Oliver Willis
Barefoot And Naked: W's Second Term, cont'd
DNC: Kicking Ass - Open Thread 10/25
Afro-Netizen : Voting and Counting
The Left Coaster: Rumblings From Mordor
James Wolcott: Howard Fineman is Hopeless
Open Source Politics: Action Alert Roundup
The Metropolist: Get on the Bus
Cosmopolity - Get Out the Vote For Election Day
Political Strategy - Politics, Strategies, Tactics, News and Opinion
Informed Comment : 10/01/2004 - 10/31/2004
Conservative Revolution - Our Voting System Sucks
Rooftop Report: Ohio Ballot Mess
Daily Kos :: The 72-Hour Task Force: why it's not in the bag
lgf: Elizabeth Edwards: No Riots "If We Win"
Pandagon: Pitch It
Wizbang
Republicans & Conservatives:: Potential for un-civil war

Posted by Liza Sabater in 2004 Elections, Activism, Civil Rights, Ethnicity, Propaganda, Race
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