2008 Election Fraud and Voter Suppression in Key Swing States.

Main List: History of Republican Election Fraud, Voter Suppression and Campaign Smears

Last Updated: 10/31/2008

The current Republican campaign of voter suppression consists of voter caging, intimidation, and distractions. In "caging" RNC operatives send millions of first class letters to black voters across the country marked 'do not forward.' Letters returned are then used by Republican operatives on Election Day to challenge those voters whose letters were returned to the RNC because the voter was not home to sign when the mail arrived.

Robert Kennedy revealed that RNC operatives are completing one of the "most massive voter suppression and purging efforts in American history, stealing hundreds of thousands of Democratic votes." ^[10]

In Ohio some 600,000 registered voters in 2008 have been the victims of a Republican caging campaign of having their votes thrown out because of the wrong address. ^[8]

Colorado Republican county clerk lied to Colorado College students, telling them that out of state students could not register to vote if their parents claimed them on their tax returns. ^[5]

Colorado Secretary of State Mike Coffman's illegal purges and cancellation practices apparently have removed between 16,000 and 30,000 voters from Colorado’s rolls. ^[6]

Montana's Republican lieutant governor said that "Republicans crossed the line" in attempting to remove 6,000 voters from the rolls in Democratic counties. ^[7]

In Philadelphia, flyers distributed in universities and low-income neighborhoods, incorrectly stated that voters with outstanding warrants or unpaid traffic tickets will be arrested at voting places. ^[9]

In Florida, a new law -- known as "no match, no vote" -- says you need identification at the polls that matches a state or federal database or you will be denied regular voting. ^[12]

In Mississippi, an election official wrongly purged 10,000 voters from her home computer just a week before the presidential primary. ^[18]

In Georgia, a county official purged 700 people from the voter lists, supposedly because they were ineligible to vote due to criminal convictions, but the list included citizens with no convictions. ^[18]

The registration of ineligible voters by ACORN has been called "massive voter fraud" by the Republicans, but in reality voter fraud only exists if an inelgible voter actually votes. ^[10] ^[13]

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Article: Voter Suppression In Colorado By Republican Clerk - The Zoo, Thursday, October 23, 2008
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Article: Colorado Secretary of State Sued for Illegal Purge of Voters - Advancement Project, Saturday, October 25, 2008
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Article: Republicans crossed line with voter purge attempt - Montana Standard, Sunday, October 05, 2008
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Article: Nearly 600,000 Subject to Possible Caging in Ohio - The Zoo, Sunday, September 07, 2008
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Article: False flyers aim to intimidate voters - The Daily Pennsylvanian, Thursday, October 09, 2008
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Article: Drinking the ACORN Kool-Aid: How Cries of Voter Fraud Cover Up GOP Elections Theft - Huffington Post, Tuesday, October 28, 2008
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Article: Another election nightmare in Florida? - Salon.com, Friday, October 24, 2008
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Article: ACORN Accusations - FactCheck.org, Saturday, October 18, 2008
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Article: Voter Purges - Brennan Center for Justice, Tuesday, September 30, 2008