“I’ve never been more hopeful”

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 01:56:00 +0000

What are you seeing and hearing in your state and at the polling place? Send information and photos to readermail@salon.com.

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Will voter suppression and dirty tricks swing the election?

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:50:00 +0000

On Thursday of last week, Virginia authorities charged a man working for the Republican Party with dumping the voter registration forms of Democrats. In Albertis, Pa., authorities arrested the town’s 19-year-old Democratic city council member after he allegedly stole yard signs of his Republican opponent. In minority urban areas of Ohio and Wisconsin, an anonymous group has paid Clear Channel (owned in part by Mitt Romney's former company Bain Capital) to put up billboards proclaiming that “Voter Fraud Is a Felony.” And a Tea Party-affiliated group, True the Vote, is promising to send observers into polling places in Democratic areas, leading Democrats to cry voter intimidation.

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“I’ve never been more hopeful”

Will voter suppression and dirty tricks swing the election?