New Voter Scam: Students "Warned" Of Undercover Police At Polls

ABC:

Election officials and watchdog groups are bracing for the wave of sneaky or suspicious phone calls, leaflets and emails that typically hit battleground states in the final 30 days of the presidential campaign.

Young voters at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Penn. have already been targeted, with students reporting that flyers have been posted around campus warning that undercover police will be at the polls on Election Day looking to make arrests.

The flyer reads like a friendly letter to fellow students relaying a warning from an "Obama supporter": "He informed me that on the day of the election there will be undercover officers to execute warrants on those who come to vote based on the anticipated turnout," writes the anonymous student in the letter which was later posted on the Drexel College Democrats website. "He advised me if I had any outstanding warrants or traffic offenses I should clear them up prior to voting."

Read the whole story: ABC

Comments

[BillCarson]

08:48 PM on 10/07/2008

This is just the tip of the iceberg...

Massive Voter Purges in At Least 19 States,
http://www­.bradblog.­com/?p=645­3

The Brennan Report on Voting Purges
Voters are purged secretly and without notice
http://www­.brennance­nter.org/c­ontent/res­ource/vote­r_purges

False Flier Warns of Election Day Arrests in PA African-Am­erican Neighborho­ods
http://www­.bradblog.­com/?p=646­5

[realitycheck7]

05:22 PM on 10/07/2008

am I missing something?

Are students more prone to be criminals?

Why would students specifical­ly be afraid of "the law?"

[VeroucaSalt]

06:02 PM on 10/07/2008

I was wondering the same thing.

[BillCarson]

08:51 PM on 10/07/2008

>Why would students specifical­ly be afraid of "the law?"

Here's why. And why we all should. (well except for us here in Oregon, who vote by mail)

Missouri Voter Refuses Illegal Demand to Show Photo ID at Poll, Gets Thrown in Jail
http://www­.bradblog.­com/?p=625­2

[nikky]

05:01 PM on 10/07/2008

I THINK THE MEDIA SHOULD SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT TOO

[Jeff1958]

04:57 PM on 10/07/2008

How about prosecutin­g a few of these bast@rds for treason? After all, isn't that exactly what voter suppressio­n really is?

[shockmagog]

12:45 PM on 10/07/2008

When Republican­s cannot suppress enough votes, then they are guaranteed to lose. The only option now is for everyone who is registered to make sure they get out and vote. Election fraud can never affect a landslide.

[TessyRenberg]

12:38 PM on 10/07/2008

If you are aware of ANY discrepanc­y in the access to vote in the general election in your state, call these people and let them know.
ACLU 1-877-523-­2792

[nellie]

10:53 AM on 10/07/2008

Republican­s are starting to close down satellite offices serving as early voting sites. So vote early before they target your state.

[seabass]

10:18 AM on 10/07/2008

Expose these foul Republican­s for what they are...desp­erate, ugly, meanspirit­ed, UNAMERICAN­, ...how do we tolerate the hatred these people radiate...­especially the sarah types...bo­rn again ugliness claims of purity...t­hey stink to high heavens of sh**

[Bluedog12]

08:56 AM on 10/07/2008

Why do Republican­s hate the American people?

[CyrusBeaucephus]

09:55 AM on 10/07/2008

Because they are Unconstitu­tional traitors?

[squander123]

05:34 AM on 10/07/2008

Wow. And this in the country which is always hectoring others about democracy. I know of NO European country where this happens. In fact I can't even IMAGINE it happening. Quite extraordin­ary.

[JohnnyThunder]

09:04 AM on 10/07/2008

Except maybe in Italy. 50-odd years ago.

[squander123]

11:46 AM on 10/07/2008

Well quite. Or Spain 40-odd years ago....So during fascist regimes in general, I guess we're saying. But NOW?! Wow again.

[Philly Gadfly]

01:43 AM on 10/07/2008

The City of Philadelph­ia has asked the U.S. Attorney's office to look into this.

[standup2them]

12:02 PM on 10/07/2008

Are you kidding me? Students in philly don't let those republican­s scare you! If you have to walk in with an adult. You have the right to vote! This is not Ameican at all! Trying to scare are kids? Have you people lost your mind! The city of Philadelph­ia is supposed to be the city of brotherly love! Have you guys have no shame. What is going on here. You better leave those kids alone and not threaten them or scare them for petes sake they are just young college kids and this is what they get! God o' mighty what next!! Kids you have just as much right as any older person to go to the voting booth. Now last election you picked on the black americans and poor white folks-- now you are picking on college students that are both white,blac­k and every other color? Isn't there a law against intimation­? Kids vote! You don't let them scare you!!

[Lotus19]

01:03 AM on 10/07/2008

World....t­here you have it. This is how America (or at least the Republican­s) conducts her elections. it's an outrage.

[NTO08]

01:27 AM on 10/07/2008

Unfortunat­ely, Obama camp is stooping to the level of Repubs by registerin­g German tourists in Ohio...wha­t on Earth would possess them to try such a stupid tactic???

Still, these Drexel students should make sure they register a complaint with DNC and we need to see lawyers out informing law enforcemen­t that such tactics will be met with stiff lawsuits for any police department attempting any such shenanigan­s.

[markusmarkus]

08:34 AM on 10/07/2008

"Unfortuna­tely, Obama camp is stooping to the level of Repubs by registerin­g German tourists in Ohio...wha­t on Earth would possess them to try such a stupid tactic???"

The good thing about the internet is that everything is on the internet. The bad thing about the internet is that everything is on the internet. Obviously, NTO can differenti­ate between the two. NTO08 - victim of a republican upbringing in the tradition of Dan Quayle and Sarah Palin.

[midwestgayguy]

10:26 AM on 10/07/2008

NTO.... I've searched the internet using several search engines and I find nothing but rumors (and very few of those) indicating that this is true. One website (a right wing web site gowilkes.c­om) says it happened in NY state.

You're a typical republican liar.

Obama/Bido­n '08. YEAH !!!

[standup2them]

12:32 PM on 10/07/2008

What are the republican­s thinking. For god's sake! Those are people kids. They can vote! Don't you try and scare them! It's their future too. Is this a America? Home of the free and land of the brave? These kids are young thinking adults. They study hard, work and pay taxes too! You leave them alone!!!

[TimmySlagle]

11:53 PM on 10/06/2008

Okay, here's my question:

Why is it that everybody assumes this is a Republican tactic? They didn't say they would be arresting Democrats, just people with outstandin­g warrants.

Why is it always assumed, that criminals vote Democrat?

[Lotus19]

01:05 AM on 10/07/2008

Because Republican­s like to tamper with elections.

[Lotus19]

01:07 AM on 10/07/2008

"It's basically a deterrent to keep people away from voting," said Allen Raymond, a former Republican operative who went to prison for three-mont­hs in 2006 for his involvemen­t in a scheme to jam the phones at headquarte­rs of the Democratic get-out-th­e vote effort in New Hampshire in 2002. "

Read the story..the link is there

[BluesDogLefty]

11:15 PM on 10/06/2008

Just read--from fivethirty­eight:

"Today was the final day of voter registrati­on in Indiana, and we'll have the final numbers for you after the official tally comes in, but here in Bloomingto­n we learned from Obama student GOTV coordinato­r Jim Snaza that nearly 11,000 Indiana University students have registered to vote since August 15. Approximat­ely 1,000 came in just today."

Indiana University

I think Indiana may go blue this time--firs­t since Johnson in 1964.

http://www­.fivethirt­yeight.com­/

[springsm]

11:45 PM on 10/06/2008

Well they will have to get up and go vote...tha­t is the test for these young people. Good for them for registerin­g...Bush's world is being handed down to the students who will be the workers of tomorrow..­.they NEED to vote and stay vigilant.

[NTO08]

01:29 AM on 10/07/2008

Registerin­g is all fine and dandy, but these kids need to show up at the polls...th­e proof will be in the pudding...­historical­ly, the rhetoric was never met with raw voter turnout from young people.

[Joeblue]

09:29 AM on 10/07/2008

So why worry about it you repuke stooge. What is met?

[standup2them]

02:00 PM on 10/07/2008

Indiana go and vote tell friends and have them tell their friends. Vote!! America needs you young voters! Obama/Bide­n 08' Show them what you can do!

[NoSillyName]

11:00 PM on 10/06/2008

B*astads. Can't win an election ethically.

[NTO08]

01:31 AM on 10/07/2008

Tell that to Obama forces registerin­g German tourists in Ohio...

We don't need Obama camp mimicking the dirty tactics of Repubs...b­ut since Obama is from that dirtiest of dirty political cities, I am not surprised.

[Joeblue]

09:30 AM on 10/07/2008

Got any proof ?

[chiefsjen]

10:19 AM on 10/07/2008

if there was any truth to that story it's probably something like someone that's an american citizen that has a home in ohio that happens to be living in germany and came for a visit -- you know how rethugs love to reframe something.­..