NAACP lawsuit alleges Virginia scrimped on preparations for huge election turnout

[Nambe]

Source: By BOB LEWIS | Associated Press Writer

The Virginia NAACP sued Gov. Tim Kaine on Monday, arguing that the state failed to prepare for an unprecedented turnout of voters in next week's presidential election.

The complaint, filed late Monday in U.S. District Court in Richmond, alleges that with record increases in voter registration, the state failed to provide enough polling places.

It asks the court to put the federal government in charge of the election in Virginia, to reallocate voting machines to precincts most likely to have long waiting lines ...

Read more: http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-electi...

[amdezurik]

1. but, but, but

they will all be kicked off the rolls by then, no worries!

[alstephenson]

2. Why Gov. Tim Kaine? Shouldn't they be suing the Sec. of State?

[EC]

3. ditto.... n/t

[LaPera]

4. Must be a republican Sec. of State- Republicans don't fuck around they make sure swing states have

republican Secretary of State (SoS)

The Secretary of State control the voting in all 50 states....In Ohio where there was a republican SoS in the 2004 stolen election.

Now Ohio has a Dem SoS and the republicans work around it by purging hundreds of thousands of Dem voters off the voting rolls, thanks to the bullshit titled 2002 Help America Vote Act (HAVA) written by REPUBLICANS (two of the republican slime are in JAIL at this moment ex congressman Ney of Ohio & Jack Abramoff!

[Freddie Stubbs]

5. The VA SoS is not an elected office--it is appointed by the Governor

[Freddie Stubbs]

7. The SoS is appointed by the Governor and serves at his pleasure

[Laelth]

6. Wow! Now that's real action to combat voter suppression.

I am impressed. Why do we have to wait for the NAACP to do these things?

The United States is a LIBERAL Country.



-Laelth

[Winterblues]

8. Isn't Kaine a Democrat?

But that really is irrevelent if indeed nothing was done to accomidate the huge increase in voter registration and the anticipation of much higher than normal turn out. Let them know we are serious and aren't going to take this lackluster approach to elections any longer...

[Freddie Stubbs]

9. He was the first Democatic Governor to endorse Obama

[Doctor_J]

10. They should be suing the GOP-lousy GA instead

and asking for federal charges to be brought.

[Freddie Stubbs]

11. Are there too few voting machines in GA?

[Doctor_J]

12. There are 8-hour waits

that's enough evidence for me that they are deliberately trying to disenfranchise specific voters