Anonymous cowards try to scare off black voters in Philly

[JohnMcCant2008]

Vote-scam fliers target black neighborhoods

By CATHERINE LUCEY
Philadelphia Daily News
[e-mail] 215-854-4172

With just weeks to go before the presidential election, voter intimidation has reared its ugly head.
An anonymous flier circulating in African-American neighborhoods in North and West Philadelphia states that voters who are facing outstanding arrest warrants or who have unpaid traffic tickets may be arrested at the polls on Election Day.

Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Everett Gillison, who learned of the flier last week, said that the message is completely false.

"The only thing that police officers are going to do that we'll be encouraging that day is that they'll be exercising their own individual right to vote," Gillison said.

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http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/20081002_Vote-scam_fliers_target_black_neighborhoods.html

[billyoc]

1. I've heard from AFL-CIO colleagues that lawyers wishing to be poll monitors in Philadelphia

are being turned away because they have ~30 lawyers per polling place already!

:rofl:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Well, we knew it was coming...

And here it is.

Haven't they got any new tricks, for crying out loud?

This is the same old shit they did last time! :eyes:

[BlooInBloo]

3. Philly voter intimidation pic...

[LynneSin]

4. Philly will be so covered on election day - it's an amazing thing to watch

we've seen this before but fortunately the city gets an amazing amount of volunteers turning out to get the voters out there.

The big heroes are the unions especially the SEIU - they'l send their people in the the neighborhoods of Philly that many folks may not want to go to.

[JI7]

5. this is done during EVERY election