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From New America Media: How the GOP Will Suppress Minority Votes on November 4 – Legally

Saturday, October 18th, 2008

New America Media — News reports that state officials in the crucial battleground states of Colorado, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Nevada and North Carolina were purging thousands from voter rolls illegally drew a flurry of media and public scrutiny. Yet, the main ploys the GOP will use to tamp down minority votes on November 4th have drawn virtually no media attention. They include letter writing challenges, residence and citizenship challenges of non-native born Latino voters, and reliance on a provision in the Help America Vote Act on provisional ballots.

Worst of all, these tactics are all perfectly legal. Read more here.