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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-08 10:52 PM
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Nevada Hispanic homes getting calls "from Obama campaign" taking their "votes" over the telephone
Edited on Tue Oct-21-08 10:53 PM by Bluebear
...Democratic Party said there have been reports of Hispanic voters in Washoe County being called and told they could vote over the phone and not have to go to the polls. Party officials called the tactic a dirty trick intended to discourage minorities from voting.

Democratic spokesman Paul Kincaid said the callers, who spoke Spanish, purported to be from the Obama campaign, and their numbers were untraceable. He said the party was reaching out to its supporters to make sure they didn’t fall victim to such a ruse.

Similar calls have been reported in recent days in Florida, he said.

The Republican Party’s executive director, Zac Moyle, said the GOP was not behind the purported tactic and "wouldn’t condone that in any way, shape or form." :rofl:

But Republicans are concerned that people who didn’t complete their voter registrations by the legal deadline are being allowed to vote alongside properly registered voters.

http://www.lvrj.com/news/breaking_news/31770009.html


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liberalmuse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-08 10:53 PM
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1. Your faux concern is noted.
Fascists!
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KingFlorez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-08 10:56 PM
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2. Again, they think people are stupid
Do they think people would dumb enough to believe that they could vote over the phone? This is laughable.
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-08 11:52 PM
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4. Why not? It works for Dancing With the Stars.
Seriously, that's what they're counting on.
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melody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-08 11:00 PM
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3. Not only is their campaign lame, their vote tampering is lame, too
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