[lbo-talk] Fool me once...

[Rudy Fichtenbaum]

I read this article and I can't tell whether this is good or bad. If 
these are applications that the McCain campaign is sending to likely 
Republican voters who cares. If they are giving it to Democratic voters 
then it would be a dirty trick.

Rudy

Joanna wrote:
>
>        *Dirty Tricks Starting Already in Ohio*
>
> The Cincinnati Enquirer has a story 
> <http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20080911/NEWS0108/309110032/> 
> about dirty tricks in Ohio intended to influence the election there. 
> The McCain campaign printed a form on which a voter can request an 
> absentee ballot and sent out about 1 million of them. The form 
> included an unnecessary box asking if the voter was eligible to vote. 
> If the voter didn't notice the box and didn't check it, he or she is 
> in fact admitting that he or she is not eligible and the application 
> has to be rejected by law. Secretary of state Jennifer Brunner is 
> hopping mad about this stunt but she is required by law to reject 
> invalid applications.
>
>
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Rudy Fichtenbaum
Professor of Economics & Chief Negotiator AAUP-WSU
Department of Economics
Wright State University
Dayton, OH 45435
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