CAUGHT RED HANDED

Selective disenfrancisment detected.

Four hundred and eighty-eight voters, every one of them in the Tennessee district of US Rep Steve Cohen (D-09), all but four lifelong Democrats, and nearly all Black, had their voting history erased by Shelby County election workers, setting them up for purge from the voter list. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - May 23, 2012 - 3:48 PM PDT
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Dwight Rousu
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by Dwight Rousu - May. 24, 2012

Important citizen investigative journalism, that SHOULD be performed regularly by law enforcement, but is not.

This is a local instance, but has national implications as local results affect the total votes in the nation. Also,if the repugnantcons are doing this in one locale, they may well be doing it in other locales. Thirdly, this racist criminal activity is clear evidence of "voter fraud" by politicians, as opposed to the fictional "voter fraud" the repugnantcons conjured up to promote their partisan voter "ID" poll tax laws.

I took the official Shelby County voter list, filedate 2010 (obtained by court order in a lawsuit) and compared it with the voter history list from 2011. 488 voters ... More »

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Randy Morrow
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by Randy Morrow - May. 24, 2012

Taking the position that this is a minor matter, or that a purge would be the voter’s own fault, claiming that voters wrongfully targeted for purge can always ... More »

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