A lot of people feel extremely frustrated about the rampant voter suppression going on as evidenced by the many comments on my last post about my experience in Nevada and the voter registration fraud going on there.
Here's an idea of something we can do right away that may have an effect: call the US Attorney General Michael Mukasey's office and complain about it. I think if we flood their offices with calls they will be forced to address it.
Here are some numbers that you can call to complain:
Office of the Attorney General: 202-353-1555
Voting rights discrimination: 1-800-253-3931
Civil Rights Division
202-514-4609 (voice)
202-514-0716 (TDD)
Check out the letter[pdf] sent to him from the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights which includes many excellent groups (like the ACLU, NAACP, League of Women Voters, AFL-CIO, etc etc).
Let's back these groups up by voicing our complete lack of acceptance for the government ignoring this situation (although apparently they are willing to target ACORN):
I think if the response to this situation even begins to approach the response to the bailout, they are going to be scrambling to rectify it. If not, we will at least have on record that many many of us knew about it and were trying to do something prior to the election. This may be useful if the outcome of the election is in question and lawyers have to get involved.
Great work! I've passed this around and will do what I can to bring gov. attention to this Republican crap.
Dave Saylor
http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2004/12/66002
Eighty percent of the country are using electronic voting machines in this election. According to multiple sources, it would be extremely difficult, if not impossible to detect whether an internal programming code, set off by an individual in contact with the machine, was "flipping votes" as many claim occurred in the 2004 election. The software code used in voting machines is considered proprietary and it is protected from public examination (!) so nobody can really do a thorough investigation of the code at this point. Many computer experts, however, have said that these machines are laughably easy to hack...
After this election we must press the government to conduct a complete overhaul on the voting system including a hard look at whether using electronic voting machines should be used at all.
Another thing to do is call CNN. They have set up a hotline to report any voter fraud or irregularities here: (877) GOCNN08 [1-877-462-6608]
You can leave a message there detailing your complaint - not sure what will happen with it though. They cut me off after 60 seconds.