Ohio rethugs might be prosecuted

[Carl Brennan]

http://atheism.about.com/b/a/122851.htm

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Ohio: Republican Thugs May Be Prosecuted
Republican operatives have been engaging in dirty tricks all over the country in order to prevent people from voting. In Ohio, they challenged large numbers of newly registered voters in the hopes of keeping them from casting ballots. How? By sending out registered letters and concluding that if any weren't accepted, it meant that the person didn't really live where they claimed.

An absurd position? Absolutely — but they tried it anyway and those who filed the challenges may be prosecuted, as the Akron Beacon Journal explains:more

[jsamuel]

1. Go GET 'EM!!!

[genieroze]

2. Kick

[TexasChick]

3. That Calhoun bastard is a pig! If he asked me

"Why the hell do you care?", I would tell him "Because I am a tax paying citizen who has a right to vote, tard!"

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Poor babies... they may have to spend some time in

jail with all them minorities they hate

What is worst, they will loose their rights to vote....

Poor babies what are tehy gonna do now?

Call a very good lawyer and hope the case lands in a right wing court where the judge will slap their wrists, that is what....

[proud patriot]

5. Woo Hoo !

Bastards

[thecrow]

6. Isn't this known as...

MAIL FRAUD????

[Carl Brennan]

7. Nice catch. The lawyers prosecuting this thing could always

another charge, hee, hee.

[Carl Brennan]

8. You know there is a hidden goodie about this

Repugs will think twice before doing this shit.

[jsamuel]

9. THAT WAS A FELONY!!!

Felons can't vote...

[imenja]

10. Article is Dated Oct 28 and 31

Those are old articles: Oct 31 and 28 (from the Akron paper). This
has already been to court. The Ohio courts blocked the challenges, but the US supreme court issued a ruling allowing them...early morning on Nov 2, election day. It was Justice Stevens who issued the ruling.