Administration tried to curb election turnout in key states

[LaWood]

More in the ongoing fraud & corruption known as AttorneyGate, a.ka. Bush Administration..

Administration tried to curb election turnout in key states
From the Baltimore Sun April 19, 2007

WASHINGTON -- For six years, the Bush administration, aided by Justice Department political appointees, has pursued an aggressive legal effort to restrict voter turnout in key battleground states in ways that favor Republican political candidates, according to former department lawyers and a review of written records.

On virtually every significant decision affecting election balloting since 2001, the division's Voting Rights Section has come down on the side of Republicans, notably in Florida, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Washington and other states where recent elections have been decided by narrow margins.

Joseph Rich, who left his job as chief of the section in 2005, said these events formed an unmistakable pattern.

Former department lawyers, public records and other documents show that since Bush took office, political appointees in the Civil Rights Division have:

• Approved Georgia and Arizona laws that tightened voter ID requirements. A federal judge tossed out the Georgia law as an unconstitutional infringement on the rights of poor voters, and a federal appeals court signaled its objections to the Arizona law on similar grounds last fall, but that litigation was delayed by the U.S. Supreme Court until after the election.

this next one is a real killer-

• Sued at least six states on grounds that they had too many people on their voter rolls. Some eligible voters were removed in the resulting purges.

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[Barbara Fitzpatrick]

I would consider this treason, but I'm sure the DOJ does not. The question is, will get our government back? Admittedly, a democratic republic isn't perfect, but it sure beats totalitarianism under whatever guise.

[Savonarola]

I had originally posted this under "Firing U.S.Attorneys Good Management."

It should not have been moved. As my remarks indicate this article sheds light on and is connected to the issue of "Firing U.S. Attorneys." as the entire U.S. Attorney scandal revolves around polticizing the Dept of Justice with Rovian politics and Rove-selected appointees. This article is not just about voter suppression, it's about the entire process of using DOJ and U.S. attorneys to achive permanent Republican-Neocon control of our government. The implications of "Firing U.S. Attorneys" is far reaching and has many tenacles.
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LWood's comment (replicated above) has been moved to the C&O forum (here). Please continue only discussion of election fraud/tampering here.

--Savonarola, Politics moderator