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FACING SOUTHNews, trends and politics in the changing SouthNovember 4, 2008
* Protect the Vote in the South!
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Voting Rights Watch - Election Day Special
Report
Virginia, Florida and Georgia lead states
with voting
rights concerns on historic Election Day
NOTE: The following is special report from the
Institute's Voting
Rights Watch project
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lA5p7C74Qs6lEjnDgq_KOfZgMWcHFvbYeWTCiZWRPwunjejOUL28iTP0w79j4ftmaB29rLruAGP6XFpNvQntucDJ9TNhlrKVIQD--eYKo91-nUU_66Rf154qf5H1OCGRKik9J6xuYQM=).
Visit Facing
South
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lA5p7C74Qs7vKEfDO4j3xRCzPrvyGvKSdR2AoFJ-B18M4J-0UYlG4xZ_NEsncgcgxTRFnAULUVLe18WTwX1YHOiyjVvs1sliMM04jf1aFHTDhjM9QkggSBzWHtqqnGrF9bE_hp24KLs=)
for up-to-the-minute coverage and
in-depth coverage of breaking election
issues.
Florida,
Georgia, and especially Virginia have been
"ground zero" for
voting controversies today in a historic election
marked
by record turnout across the South.
Several voting rights and election issues
have cropped up in the major battleground
state of
Virginia, where Barack Obama holds a
narrow lead in the presidential race:
<blockquote>BLOCK THE VOTE:
College-aged voters are
40% of new voters in Virginia
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lA5p7C74Qs6t_BnVV2ytIM4UZYiI_fevLYCO4RAcwPPT6gqh9zd-2jRr2LqUIlM5_8TEiInjRK2cXEvItiEt-CWD-P-xtuTuEal_nDv772Q56OIik9fm0hq6qXkh1DrncbPyalzxHB4xdF1EB55Pd3pHMG1YD4t5eEEI-ImuBv_Ngd6ZY58OrahjVDZJxQ7R),
but
students have
faced big hurdles. The polling site for
Virginia Tech has twice
as many voters as it's legally authorized to
accommodate
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lA5p7C74Qs79kMoIS2CQK9z6eP89bJGy1zFudxDnCmr5qxQixyw9Ub4LzL-tGWdCSy4uZHjHy5TwxA5M4Tp5PffbIzCb-7n94BZazxELmsiK-2PSTOJpx5SxQ1NbjKSe6K9GjAjm0Lq4GjUR5K0nuzA1B4R3SzFyvy6IkPscDqSs934ROtoqYWKAmAL1WLf8lMvsgyovGKg=),
and a
hacker at George Mason University sent bogus
emails to students
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lA5p7C74Qs6UbVqSCdaUQDI9YCn0rPJ4iUc0h2wmuQpzWwb5VIO70x7a-VVOv9tQ12iCIDOe-4ess1FRMEz2-xavoSzxUCuZguS_evAow4GqMcczYgxfANaICBKlwdR4nlpeLUNMj3sZ5p1OSdvTsp3Gi_Gxjt1KOvm-9U1LoEO21NOOrDRfxZVVxd-YIRSisHSJPQ3K57bZJaR5FPss_Q==)
telling them to vote on
Wednesday, Nov. 5. The Republican Party
has also threatened
to challenge several hundred student
votes
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lA5p7C74Qs78lYwMRXuDqgYAoqOy0NIAa8P1XPA5QSbi5NrPBdjYk926oIaaSHqif67XfKDerIjHyg_onTd9oHivZ3DA8fxrRtU9QYkewPxb7Bt85AQ7X3yWl3lkAbp4MTXWO5_8RXoiROBgGlvXtTkeWej-rghImMnccmOx1FzN1eC4V1rq2jlcKxZLDRBQOPPElSS8fseiYGC-INEdfg==).
OVERWHELMED PRECINCTS: As voting
rights advocates had feared, Virginia has been
overwhelmed by high turnout; as of this
morning, the
national Election Protection hotline had
received 200
calls from VA voters about polling site
problems and 120 about machine
malfunctions
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lA5p7C74Qs79Hu_YIHt2z41VQMdJk2Suvu0Nn0_yjskaTlxl7015CBqQEWzSOSL7b7szfP9kD88V4eBT1je3TnQ2e3UtYdX2iBXUpFF0Wt5xGK9zl_8N7Rwri6FO7ayK3NEj-Pa6z7J2oooDtr2Vaa8BFTFGcc2jRivRpqOuE8yuIwZxDu1B6TuGghoDkxEHhrHGPQw9918=).
Election Protection has
called for extending
voting hours
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lA5p7C74Qs44_XvqL2lKZGcu-wKl1E2EA2FvJSJnGSN65TKLlgSsu0gFm9TxyC8G4WzEWGdDUuds8D03HcYdCBt0qVjrlQ7Q0H0VdlswfsFSiOaLO82SPr5isxKRJulU3_MOZcOClZh3I4OjT_mk--oeywyeZKD_rwOhL2yASVhhNV-48PrefwbhP_saZqCEV3lAJlYGPTTK9VNOyizczQ==)
to ensure everyone still
gets a chance to vote.
DIRTY TRICKS: Not just students have
been targeted with deceptive tactics. VA
voters have reported
receiving anonymous
robo-calls that give the wrong precinct for
voting
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lA5p7C74Qs5iibrVYo8Yh88EF3ouHNX87oh5H6-w-T_g-x_QUwbYiQId8PhKFHLcFmHGQPgmXhQuoevwQgZGxcgHbGF0BGD9-G3roSGC0pG00dJyhZpsBQlzQyEy9cM3wBoGgtIJkQCfWFFG4xsyoT3w8C7jfQpVQLwW53tDeJ4NF47Nu-iV1wfkzyoQMzhfZvyNqz5XnFRhHLpb2XSB8A==)
and fliers
distributed in the Hampton Roads area
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lA5p7C74Qs69lw5WHn26B3gD0glJHcXEM0xcDTbysXbOSZUm-xXl7CbsGB9wdS8EmeK27LBXnuyfGtiPkqlNFHRVdbbMzIAGN2qhE97JOYhxkUfFjdCrGY8d_GfXLyZo8cYZC_yOimgD70nNnxZK0kcS54ehN3kzNtpzrxdCF9rX5ens-HrOFboiLI1jLdDqhSF6jGmWbvoN4Hatyt_fCA==)
informed Democrats they
should vote on Nov. 5. The state decided
against prosecuting
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lA5p7C74Qs6_xfFDb7zAzpf-OA83471fKS4FR-OwIdK0MKKvvh2ExubYKaixUQS9hSiEgK7IDmT3LSne8AAdRiVWX0HSD-XzSopCYgxTRKH8ZFjcU1WK-Pslke3zgwRPrWuMkBOhcGRYSMULqg2dwtbhTD02GKgrVSLMURMXBWL0BuX7Q2TG7wP_bLrlFZcOH5ErpMxGB-1GDW4WIt8GNA==)
those responsible,
calling it an "office joke."</blockquote>
Voting Rights Watch has helped bring national
attention to several other critical election
issues:
<blockquote>FLORIDA HURRICANE: A surge
in voting -- especially in South Florida --
helped push Florida to the top
of states with calls to the Election
Protection hotline
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lA5p7C74Qs5Hlhvvtv9FjwoFuuxAsfOX2WUeoi0UYJ6DiiNBINWtG3yGAITxZv1xSWc6UL3LK5wHzqTGKYcc-3-ePSc7vNWg8VidiGqzWWrhZ5lflg0GAXpkmTWIv3o7Y2Ib_cRkX45C3Fy_7YDCmC0dJzDAIK0sL3gxgTbUJIAlnvS6ntXUxvhiwDdgVy_lPtKS25bfedvK0_DOi63YrQ==)
before Election Day.
Key issues have been ex-felon
voting
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lA5p7C74Qs7VknHj6lfY_jJA-oOJZHRedzDgUjrlDz7y13GyIZLzXnzIdqHce4O_5u3sp9NmHv2FZfRO84T9fh0wyQeGU7fAE48TQz8cNnARb27hSCCNNQ05uxyhy6GiB_28uoxN0JDhh4sEshWZVXJLiD3FiBsHXps7U1SVe0qvzSG_yGGQnipR-4y3sc4tWv0OI0emIXw=)
and confusion over Florida's "no
match" list -- now numbering over
10,000 voters
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lA5p7C74Qs40Hxm9G6f3rdrGe3lWjbEP7gtiKBArzpk-qtMdCHxAcIAPddV0ctEP-qVau84MV2kYoLCQj8sX-PMCBEG4MFM4TJUehb9PNkGNGUc4WQ4L0La4s8K0gb5zkh29msjzQj2wW93MMoFAr2GZXeKnxsa2wfwx6t8HFqZUD6MOARrpojPfx2pjCtJ4SHKKW-C5unZMPft59iNDbQ==)
-- which has been inconsistently
applied
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lA5p7C74Qs40Hxm9G6f3rdrGe3lWjbEP7gtiKBArzpk-qtMdCHxAcIAPddV0ctEP-qVau84MV2kYoLCQj8sX-PMCBEG4MFM4TJUehb9PNkGNGUc4WQ4L0La4s8K0gb5zkh29msjzQj2wW93MMoFAr2GZXeKnxsa2wfwx6t8HFqZUD6MOARrpojPfx2pjCtJ4SHKKW-C5unZMPft59iNDbQ==)
and possibly disenfranchised
legitimate voters.
GEORGIA PURGES:
Election
Protection has received over
1,000 calls from Georgia
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lA5p7C74Qs6suifBhpqGaYTeJRO-n9mF9NgtLuV2pdkFBYPZeIrGIme266NVNCn8vrLx8ZEnquz7vUJDBLf5sD4c8qaDCoR2ey4pjzTX0Q1GF1MDa3pnDcYpkq1xJfv1LnwanHzAA_OKGL6FUyqDP4HlmAwSZnm3ucKQfGwALI-zGfmwShcQH-wcpCoaI6VfKblOORh2lRJP7xAkr8zf6w==),
mostly about
registration problems. Secretary of State
Karen Handel recently drew
a rebuke from the Department of Justice and
federal judges for her state's aggressive
efforts to purge voters
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lA5p7C74Qs4ryz5gb6PhQHg4FunxR0lqduXnwxRvikW9tEwTBQBy4wZnRAwL7ScLYHOqvS77X0Q-XukitUK3NZWpSu7jAH85_RluM1oELz4uWdthBMPJcpbMHWVAc0zH4QiWZIIKtLJjVljryMuBlGHLUbvciOuaAEnB3imtGDf54DK-7P80gk_bzr2q60K1DjeMJbuMpGfub3MVTM1kRA==).
GULF COAST CONFUSION: Voters in Louisiana
and the Gulf Coast -- many displaced by
Hurricanes Katrina, Gustav and Ike -- have faced
major barriers to confirming registrations
and polling locations
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lA5p7C74Qs4I3-bpI9thp31D4RCvn2ACy53UfpKMy1ek2Ki8cOzOxufFeWdzPMB8ZrqADPYE0LmuHQINms0I6WaC7Kz4KxkX9Zxg_KA6kNWc72rYWeggHyPwd0iHOEuItewn3c8BFupXmWg8BThnNsQ2MheqBMu4dnLB5Hd48cgAScfC0CA4X9NbHAEO3_yW)
-- especially
worrisome after 21,000 Louisiana voters were
purged.
DECEPTIVE TACTICS: CNN reports that voters
in Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri
and Texas have received text-messages
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lA5p7C74Qs5yYgPxXLrvoIGdDehdii9uKzopreqKbeY_bcPxtF3PB3bOYojPAxmcYDR15mwWTwpg5HCzZe7Px4jfzweYjo81xX4d9fBYsoLTKag6aEDwCeTDvVAZyLe_LkpCCgmLQNYTUt0Z7VdbhoskTT2O7aL7zTOr0DWsKpXI6Agh70CWrSfanXMSFUMaI2TrLBZCdX-Pan50_RS4cQ==)
telling them to vote on Nov. 5; fliers with
the same bogus information cropped
up in North Carolina
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lA5p7C74Qs5yYgPxXLrvoIGdDehdii9uKzopreqKbeY_bcPxtF3PB3bOYojPAxmcYDR15mwWTwpg5HCzZe7Px4jfzweYjo81xX4d9fBYsoLTKag6aEDwCeTDvVAZyLe_LkpCCgmLQNYTUt0Z7VdbhoskTT2O7aL7zTOr0DWsKpXI6Agh70CWrSfanXMSFUMaI2TrLBZCdX-Pan50_RS4cQ==).</blockquote>Visit
Facing South
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lA5p7C74Qs6lEjnDgq_KOfZgMWcHFvbYeWTCiZWRPwunjejOUL28iTP0w79j4ftmaB29rLruAGP6XFpNvQntucDJ9TNhlrKVIQD--eYKo91-nUU_66Rf154qf5H1OCGRKik9J6xuYQM=)
for more updates and reports!
INSTITUTE ON THE AIR: Chris
Kromm of the Institute and Voting Rights Watch
has been featured on several national radio
and TV
programs talking about voting rights and
election issues in the South. Listen to one
of these shows for more:
<blockquote> "To
the Point
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lA5p7C74Qs64ZrW7CDYQvFL6YQ2cNNcBsf_ND0CbT3k8jDASvGDBtSYJJxgCKvwuxVLU-j6mCSHzE939OcoVFCSGQOsrNGX23xAMFj6zxIyab_OCM2lzZ_-sgcEL1G5rn-47RRcOFls=)"
with Warren Olney, co-produced
by KCRW 89.9
Santa Monica, CA
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lA5p7C74Qs5B9_Gqam2mZBMcW2G7gJ1QMbDMlAKxIRJKif67GSkDHM1LbXUAuJr90BNTHijHcQElyJA59Em-Gh3_GwpzIx2iMRhiTy47lS0=)
and Public Radio
International. (11/4/08)
"The
Morning Show
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lA5p7C74Qs6GtxCXMSFHRB9BUYLImN48B0fqJ85tapuO4WPWHTJN3R-Mj3Cle4DTdeDy0LEp8EUKF4g-i22pnO7duzJeu4x2GO3d50KmBtn802c9izXPMB9dVSxTaDEobsB7Ckvaur4=)"
with Aimee Allison and
Philip Maldari, KPFK 94.1 Berkeley,
CA
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lA5p7C74Qs7hv7wWfuEpoTBfhwyvwu-7Izg1A8oNIvowCc0bOkltnkjt-8x-iffvr8CXN_sTVio4NPZBDmOilfk4MqZe28vurRxdKqMEnug=)
(11/4/08)
"Building
Bridges
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lA5p7C74Qs5imkeYYXW9eKg-Js3FG3Sj-WZoAjQ0SMJR2K9FXJotFUwEldWltmRCROp1Se1rFJj8gLqaJzELfjnFmEXBTvS-PIsTxnV9JLc=)"
with Ken Nash,
WBAI 99.5 New
York/Pacifica Radio
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lA5p7C74Qs5imkeYYXW9eKg-Js3FG3Sj-WZoAjQ0SMJR2K9FXJotFUwEldWltmRCROp1Se1rFJj8gLqaJzELfjnFmEXBTvS-PIsTxnV9JLc=)
(11/3/08)
"GritTV"
with Laura Flanders
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lA5p7C74Qs4kA8AWtMJgWHmfXIf0tUAkLZgKOQEBy2Lwj0L4MkNC-bz3Til8KrfTXhXTEQbjrHD3KyJQLKhvv6rQo4Hwn0nU4-MXbs9iy4bhmRCXrq5bqaXY8k38tqKp8sRZAjFGjWk=),
Will
Fear Win
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lA5p7C74Qs4gdNQdWB6RgpbdGe2LY9IYm_zOF7Dmslr37f342Ew86iuv9I7ph7DSuCPn5ZEb5TjBIuSWsWdiq-cbbAPx0MMUKnULLpv4CCv_-eZG43g8KgScw1havueR1M12OiDJpPox8OUxwC-gj2MNTPszVrrTgj9GJfEgU8mwHWPp_BgiB6QQJ4CJoa4djbPC4nBGUvY=)?
(11/3/08)
"Democracy
Now!"
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lA5p7C74Qs6wMDI-qF9lL1ww5bs2oGK65BwnDzI-MQH1OoW3CLzpdvCD28YFYxCRGgqhGd-3-8yqKYYfoIkryvWzX1qjgl1EC5spZ1t6QUArsIvc5r1LNA==)
with Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez,
Can
Dems Reclaim the South?
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lA5p7C74Qs6lOcni_pdwktCOAC9EwuHj_3ZlzLmGyEeKNV9-E0_XGmmkkLut3kOxh3dVC2GTORC6prDrOwIXo03yXVG8msdO4ayb_dTtHvmNHk4lGzHDF2XfDMnsY0PWRmO9M7DiZY5qP-s7cHBGxGbZQsANKCMQdQji6M0HcIlkyf67sYIUcoacuY31Yv1yphan27XDHh1nqGPtdtFFA9-lzzdnKquJhELZkN4rOBgAybyAQimexsJQK_elGF9W)
(10/30/08)
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Protect the Vote in the South!
Here are 3 things you can do protect the
vote today:
1 - If you have a problem voting or
see suspect
election activity, call the toll-free
Election Protection hotline:
1-866-OUR-VOTE.
2 - Email
Facing South to report voting problems (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) in
your
state and we'll help expose the issues.
3 - Support
Voting Rights Watch
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lA5p7C74Qs72rpPD-oA3oHvWlW0SeeQHyzgQI7g5i0F5mh1PiLUlL-a93gvkcqn2AKteLWAEm_S3RItKfE4sQnSCC1_6x3inWdtWi-to3y3Wb41nrKgs0H73vrL7p5iEXDH8gSjmV8I=)
so we can defend
democracy in the South today and beyond!
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lA5p7C74Qs72rpPD-oA3oHvWlW0SeeQHyzgQI7g5i0F5mh1PiLUlL-a93gvkcqn2AKteLWAEm_S3RItKfE4sQnSCC1_6x3inWdtWi-to3y3Wb41nrKgs0H73vrL7p5iEXDH8gSjmV8I=)
Thank you!
If you would prefer to contribute by mail,
please
send your check payable to Institute for
Southern Studies to ISS/Voting Rights Watch,
P.O. Box
531, Durham,
NC 27702. Thank you!
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