Brand new voter suppression incident accusations are flying as GOP on defensive in some locations

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Review finds poll watchers targeting minority precincts

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Republican poll watchers set to monitor locations across Pennsylvania Tuesday will be focusing their efforts largely in minority precincts, according to an analysis by the Service Employees International Union. The SEIU on Monday said they’d obtained a partial list of polling places where the state

Republican candidate’s robocalls tell Ariz. Democrats wrong polling place

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More than a half dozen Democrats in Scottsdale, Arizona have come forward to say that they received automated telephone calls — or robocalls — from Rep. Jeff Flake’s (R-AZ) Senate campaign that told them to vote in the wrong place. “It was totally wrong,” lifelong Democrat Mary Crecco told.

[Exclusive] “Vote at Home” Suppression Scheme Uncovered

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An Obama volunteer in Greene County reports some mysterious canvassing activity whereby people are coming by asking if the resident has voted and if not offering them the fraudulent ability to vote in their doorway via an iPad. The story was relayed to us by Obama campaign volunteer Anita Dobrzelecki.

Michigan Democrats pursuing action against Michigan GOP over ‘fraudulent’ robocall

The Michigan Democratic Party announced Monday that it planned to filed a complaint against the Michigan Republican Party and state Supreme Court candidate Colleen O’Brien over a “fraudulent” robocall that allegedly violated federal law. The Michigan Democrats noted the automated message.

Tea party group accused of targeting transgender voters

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True the Vote, an anti-voter fraud group affiliated with the tea party movement, has been accused of training poll watchers to target transgender individuals. “It is disgraceful that True the Vote would try to thug anyone into not voting. True the Vote’s true agenda is a shameful attempt to scare its opposition from voting.

Renowned Voting Rights Advocate Files Federal Lawsuit Against Ohio Secretary of State John Husted

Green Party Presidential and Congressional Nominees Reveal Details of FITRAKIS v. HUSTED  WASHINGTON, Nov. 5, 2012

The Fitrakis v. Husted Federal lawsuit filed today at 9am in Columbus, OH demands that illegal patches implanted in critical electronic vote count software.

OH Sen. Turner: Husted is ‘the secretary of suppression’

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Sen. Nina Turner (D-OH) excoriated Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted in an interview Monday, accusing him of “arrogance” over his role in cutting voting opportunities for the state and calling him the “secretary of suppression.” “Let us not forget that he is the secretary of state.