Milwaukee Black Voters League
SOME WARNINGS FOR ELECTION TIME
IF YOU'VE ALREADY VOTED IN ANY ELECTION THIS YEAR YOU CAN'T VOTE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF ANYTHING, EVEN A TRAFFIC VIOLATION YOU CAN'T VOTE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
IF ANYBODY IN YOUR FAMILY HAS EVER BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF ANYTHING YOU CAN'T VOTE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
THE TIME TO REGISTER FOR VOTING HAS EXPIRED. IF YOU HAVEN'T REGISTERED YOU CAN'T ANYMORE
IF YOU VIOLATE ANY OF THESE LAWS YOU CAN GET TEN YEARS IN PRISON AND YOUR CHILDREN WILL GET TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU
Dear Senator Clinton:
Doubtless you are aware that the electors were improperly chosen and certified in Ohio and I am hopeful you will be supportive of Rep. Conyer's objection and call for a re-vote in that state.
The reason for my concern goes all the way back to the first Clinton/Gore race when scurrilous flyers were distributed throughout the South referring to your spouse as Black Willie, insinuating that there was a genetic reason for his popularity among African Americans.
These flyers never received widespread media attention. Indeed, I only saw one during one of those programs where C-SPAN goes into a radio station during elections to show how they do things and there was one of those flyers on a producer's desk.
Perhaps you are unaware, but similar flyers intending to intimidate or anger voters are still about. One with the following text was sent out, not in Alabama or Mississippi, but in Wisconsin!!!
Milwaukee Black Voters League
SOME WARNINGS FOR ELECTION TIME
IF YOU'VE ALREADY VOTED IN ANY ELECTION THIS YEAR YOU CAN'T VOTE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF ANYTHING, EVEN A TRAFFIC VIOLATION YOU CAN'T VOTE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
IF ANYBODY IN YOUR FAMILY HAS EVER BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF ANYTHING YOU CAN'T VOTE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
THE TIME TO REGISTER FOR VOTING HAS EXPIRED. IF YOU HAVEN'T REGISTERED YOU CAN'T ANYMORE
IF YOU VIOLATE ANY OF THESE LAWS YOU CAN GET TEN YEARS IN PRISON AND YOUR CHILDREN WILL GET TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU
http://www.solarbus.org/stealyourelection/voter-suppression-flyers.html
By the way, I don't consider that a dirty trick or voter suppression. Threatening to take away people's children is a terror tactic. Since such behavior is also being reported from Iraq, it seems reasonable to conclude that this is a normal component of the current administration's strategy.
Posted by Hannah at December 31, 2004 04:33 AM