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Phony Virginia Flier Tells Dems To Vote November 5
TPMMuckraker —
... State election officials informed the local press of the flier, which was posted on the website of The Virginian-Pilot, and is designed to look like an official announcement. It even uses images of the state board logo and the state seal, both of which are available online. ...
Phony flier says Virginians vote on different days
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... regulations to ease the load on local electorial (sic) precincts and ensure a fair electorial (sic) process. The four-paragraph flier concludes by apologizing for any inconvenience this may cause but (we) felt this was the only way to ensure fairness to the complete electorial (sic) process. However, no emergency action has been taken by the General Assembly, which isnt in session, and furthermore, doesnt have the authority to change the date of a federal election. Read more: http://hamptonroads.com/2008/10/phony-flier-says-virgin... [image]
'Daily Voting News' For October 27, 2008
The BRAD BLOG —
... Virginia voters cast early ballots http://hamptonroads.com/...oters-cast-early-ballots
VA: Va. NAACP sues governor over election readiness http://ap.google.com/art...Lv9c0daJKhP3_rgD9433K6O0
VA: NAACP lawsuit alleges Virginia scrimped on preparations for huge election turnout http://www.startribune.c..._Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiU
VA: Phony flier says Virginians vote on different days http://hamptonroads.com/...ians-vote-different-days
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Phony board of elections flier tells Virginia Democrats to vote on November 5.
Think Progress —
... telling Democrats that they are now scheduled to vote on November 5. The flier falsely claims that “an emergency session of the General Assembly” adopted a new voting schedule to “ease the load” at polling places on election day: ...
They're Going to Steal It Again: Tuesday One Week To Go Edition
Brilliant at Breakfast —
... telling Democrats that they are now scheduled to vote on November 5. The flier falsely claims that “an emergency session of the General Assembly” adopted a new voting schedule to “ease the load” at polling places on election day: ...
Reminder to Stupid People: Don't Forget to Vote November 5
JammieWearingFool —
... The oldest trick in the book. A phony State Board of Elections flier advising Republicans to vote on Nov. 4 and Democrats on Nov. 5 is being circulated in several Hampton Roads localities, according to state elections officials. In fact, Election Day, for voters of all political stripes, remains Nov. 4. The somewhat official-looking flier - it features the state board logo and the state seal - is dated Oct. 24 and indicates that "an emergency session of the General Assembly has adopted the follwing (sic) emergency regulations to ease the load on local electorial (sic) ...
get fingerprints off these flyers
skippy the bush kangaroo —
... telling democrats that they are now scheduled to vote on november 5. the flier falsely claims that “an emergency session of the general assembly” adopted a new voting schedule to “ease the load” at polling places on election day - ...
Hullabaloo — ... Every year the Republican Party sends a flier into minority or poor neighborhoods telling people to vote on the wrong day. This one is even more efficient, because it claims that Virginia modified their laws to have Republicans vote on November 4 and Democrats on November 5. That way, they don't lose one vote! Good work, Virginia GOP! There's a copied logo from the Commonwealth of Virginia on the flier, too, making it look all official-like. ...
Election Issue Round-Up
Daily Kos —
... in Indiana. Republican Secretary of State Todd Rokita implicates ACORNin his investigation and claims a widespread conspiracy to commit fraud. Meanwhile, the GOP continues to challenge new voter registrations, this time in another battleground state--Pennyslvania. The GOP is going to court to challenge 140,000 new voter registrations submitted by ACORN. A judge today denied the GOP's request to expedite the lawsuit. Voters beware. Misleading materials in Virginia: A phony State Board of Elections flier advising ...
Mitchell Bard: Obama Is Dominating in the Polls, but Four Things Keep Me Awake at Night
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... , may cost Obama, by one estimate, tens of thousands of votes. Today brought news of a flyer in Virginia telling Democrats to vote on November 5 (the day after the election), and a man in Florida posing as a worker for a Democratic candidate for Congress (but whose information was traced back to a consultant of the Republican incumbent) ...
The GOP Has A Future... Kind Of
DownWithTyranny! —
... may be in for a surprise next week but polling shows that-- short of this kind of widespread Republican voter fraud in Virginia, where the GOP may have given up on McCain and Gilmore but is desperate to save right-wing extremists Thelma Drake and Virgil Goode from surging Glenn Nye and Tom Perriello campaigns, ...
As Election Nears, Dirty Tricks Grow More Common
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... On Tuesday, the Virginia Pilot reported that a phony Board of Elections flier was circulating the state "advising Republicans to vote on Nov. 4 and Democrats on Nov. 5." Voting, of course, is on the 4th only, creating fear among neutral observers and the Obama campaign that people were simply going to miss the opportunity to go to the polls. ...
As Election Nears, Dirty Tricks Grow More Common
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... On Tuesday, the Virginia Pilot reported that a phony Board of Elections flier was circulating the state "advising Republicans to vote on Nov. 4 and Democrats on Nov. 5." Voting, of course, is on the 4th only, creating fear among neutral observers and the Obama campaign that people were simply going to miss the opportunity to go to the polls. ...
Dear WSJ: Pull Your Politically Motivated Head Out Of Your Legally Challenged Ass, Please
Firedoglake —
... What is a real problem at the moment? Deliberate attempts to divert voters from voting -- such as these asinine fliers in Virginia, or ...
Groups Launch 'Real-Time' Election Protection Web Site
ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society —
... A scheme aimed at suppressing the vote worthy of mention on either election-protection site involves a fake Virginia State Board of Elections tract being circulated in Hampton Roads claiming that Republicans vote on Election Day, Nov. 4, and Democrats vote on Nov. 5. The filer, according to The Virginian Pilot, is “somewhat official” looking partly because bears the state election board’s logo and the Virginia state seal. The flier falsely claims that the Virginia legislature passed “emergency regulations” changing the voting ...
NBC Frets Obviously Fake Flyer Will Confuse Its Dumb Viewers
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... An article in Tuesday's Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, which ignited left-wing bloggers, “Phony flier says Virginians vote on different days,” reported: ...
Conyers Wants DOJ Action On Virginia Flier
TPMMuckraker —
... Monday, the flier, which surfaced in largely African-American areas of the Hampton Roads region, is designed to look like an official communication from the state board of elections, even reproducing the board's logo. It informs readers that becasue of expected high turnout on election day, November 4th, Democrats have been asked to vote November 5th. ...
Stealing the election
Newshoggers.com —
... , targeted at Jewish voters, making false allegations against Obama and likening him to Hitler. Or the flyers in Virginia being distributed by an unknown organization falsely telling people that Democrats aren't supposed to vote until the day after the election is over? ...
