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Vote Suppression scam in 28 states exposed

by IndyRadio
28 states have purchased a proprietarysystem that will disenfranchise millions of voters in 28 states. Regardless of how you feel about voting, this is a scam by Republicans protected our media monopolies and it goes forward with the complicity of many Democrats. Greg Palasts exposes it all. He appears tonight on Al Jazeera America tonight, and then tomorrow morning on WNUR in Evanston. The WNUR interview will be rebroadcast on IndyRadio. Check to see if your state participates in Crossceck, and get the broadcast schedule:
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(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:

States participating in Crosscheck
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
Source: Al Jazeera reporting
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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