I'm sure the Obama campaign is aware of the "voter caging" problem, right?

[Syrinx]

Have they addressed this publicly? And are they addressing it privately?

I think Obama is poised to win in a landslide in a fair election.

I sure hope, though, that they have an army of lawyers working on this obvious problem.

Any news on this front?

[hokies4ever]

1. What's voter caging?

Thanks. :hi:

[Syrinx]

2. it's how the Republicans stole the past two elections

They disqualify likely Democratic voters, based mostly on race.

It is evil. And it has been claimed that the Republicans have already won the upcoming election because of it.

Here's a link to a story that NOW did on it.

http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/330/index.html

:hi:

[hokies4ever]

3. I am optimistic

This kind of story will be played up big-time by MSM looking to exploit race relations for ratings, so the Republicans have to know that people are watching them extra close this election when it comes to disenfranchising the black vote. I commend you for being vigilant though.

[Syrinx]

4. thanks for the compliment...

But I've yet to see the caging problem reported on CNN or even Countdown.

Best of luck to us, I guess. :)

[hokies4ever]

5. I remember that it seemed like a big deal in the Indiana Dem Primary

yet the media didn't cover it much.

[mod mom]

6. I'm working on election protection in Ohio. The OH Dem Party now has a Director of

Election Protection who is working with all 88 BOEs & SOS (who btw is Jennifer Brunner-a very competent Democrat) who make sure the election is fair. There will be teams of attorneys overseeing our elections.

That said, one way DUers can help is to volunteer to work as a poll worker. These workers are one of our an important line of defense to see that elections are carried out fairly. Contact your county BOE for more details.

NOTE: IF YOU ARE INVOLVED IN VOTER REGISTRATION, ASK THE FOLKS YOU ARE WORKING WITH (IE OBAMA CAMPAIGN, OR A VOTER GROUP) IF THEY ARE RETURNING THE REGISTRATIONS IN A TIMELY MANNER. A BACK LOG OF REGISTRATIONS CAN BE A SERIOUS PROBLEM. HAVE THE GROUP SEE IF THE BOEs ARE FALLING BEHIND IN PROCESSING AND IF SO RECOMMEND THAT PERHAPS THEY NEED TO INCREASE STAFFING UNTIL THE ELECTION. HERE IS A PROBLEM NOTED IN LUCAS COUNTY, OH IN 2004 (where 41% of the provisional ballots were not counted-leading one to wonder if they were ever processed):

-October 4, 2004 was filing deadline for new voter registrations. At that point there were approximately 20,000 unprocessed voter registration applications with less than a month before the election. One mail tray containing 4,500-7,000 (estimates vary) unprocessed “Project Voter” registrations were discovered on or about October 18,2004.

SOURCE: SOS Investigation pg 10
http://www.solarbus.org/election/docs/lucas.pdf"