On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 3:11 PM, Rudy Fichtenbaum < rudy.fichtenbaum at wright.edu> wrote:
> 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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