Voter Suppression 101 tactics in CD8 Special Election

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By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings

 

It looks as if the Kelly campaign's guiding philosophy is "if at first you don't succeed, cheat."

One of the oldest gambits in electoral politics is to try to suppress the turnout of the opposition's base by telling them to show up to vote on a day after the scheduled election day or to misdirect them to the wrong polling place.  Either way, the lie is usually delivered in the guise of "helping" voters.

It looks like the Rs in the Tucson area are going with misdirection.

A Facebook friend from the Tucson area posted this earlier this evening –

A reminder was left at my door informing me of my polling location for Tuesday's Special Election. The problem is that the information was wrong! Fortunately, I got a call from one of Ron's volunteers reminding me to vote. If he hadn't told me my correct voting place, I wouldn't have known there was a problem until Tuesday! Please contact Ron's Tucson office at 520-207-0937 if you have questions about your polling place. Or call the Pima County Recorder at 520-740-4330.

The list of polling places in Pima County is here; if you don't know your precinct, the Pima County Recorder's precinct locator page is here.

The list of polling places in Santa Cruz County is here.

The list of polling places in Cochise County is here.

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5 thoughts on “Voter Suppression 101 tactics in CD8 Special Election”

  1. So what exactly is the out cry over and “who” is to blame and not what party as this argument is getting as old as dirt. Everyone wants to point a finger and invoke “them, they, those guys or you know who” instead of using a real name, title or office.
    Was it a clerical error? Maybe someone looked at the calendar wrong, were the polling places changed due to voter turnout less/more than expected or just didn’t get the word that things had changed.

  2. Section 2 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution says: “…when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the Executive and Judicial officers of a State, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State… the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State.”

  5. Yep. Tiny little article in the Sierra Vista Herald (which has a very small circulation):
    Herald/Review
    Due to unforeseen circumstances, two of the 64 polling locations for the June 12 election have changed. PRECINCT 21 — GREATER SAN PEDRO — Will be voting at Coronado Elementary School gym, located at 5148 S. Coronado School Dr.
    PRECINCT 41 — SV CLOUD 9 – Will be voting at University of Arizona, south campus, Groth Hall, located at 1140 N. Colombo Ave.
    If you have any questions regarding your polling location please call the Election office at 432-8972 or the Recorder’s office at 432-8354.

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