Vote Suppression scam in 28 states exposed
(7Nov14)Our media monopolies ignore a conspiracy in 28 states that will disenfranchise a disproportionate number of minority voters. Muckraker Greg Palast published a detailed report for Al Jazeera, and tomorrow morning he will be forced to answer The Question From Hell. (details)
Did you get treated like a criminal when you prepared to vote in your state? Here is the complete list of participants in the Crosscheck program:
State | Secretary of State* | Party |
---|---|---|
Alaska | Mead Treadwell | R |
Arizona | Ken Bennett | R |
Arkansas | Mark Martin | R |
Colorado | Scott Gessler | R |
Georgia | Brian Kemp | R |
Idaho | Ben Ysursa | R |
Illinois | Jesse White | D |
Indiana | Connie Lawson | R |
Iowa | Matt Schultz | R |
Kansas | Kris Kobach | R |
Kentucky | Alison Lundergan Grimes | D |
Louisiana | Tom Schedler | R |
Massachusetts | William F Glavin | D |
Michigan | Ruth Johnson | R |
Mississippi | Delbert Hosemann | R |
Missouri | Jason Kander | D |
Nebraska | John A. Gale | R |
Nevada | Ross Miller | D |
North Carolina | Kim Strach | Non-partisan |
Ohio | Jon Husted | R |
Oklahoma | Chris Benge | R |
Pennsylvania | Carol Aichele | R |
South Dakota | Jason Gant | R |
South Carolina | Mark Hammond | R |
Tennessee | Tre Hargett | R |
Virginia | Edgardo Cortés | Non-partisan |
West Virginia | Natalie Tennant | D |
Note: *Officials are secretaries of state, except in Alaska (lieutenant governor), North Carolina (director of the state board of elections) and Virginia, (department of elections).
Editor's note: The top election official in Virginia is Edgardo Cortés, Commissioner, Department of Elections, not Levar Stoney, who is Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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THIS IS HELL TOMORROW
10:20 Greg Palast investigates CrossCheck, a massive vote-suppression scheme disguised as a massive fraud-prevention scheme.Greg dropped a giant, multi-part report on Crosscheck over at Al Jazeera America that you should read however you feel about voting.
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