Tracking the disenfranchised in an election that's "within the margin of litigation"
by digby
American Bridge has done some of the most aggressive trcking during this election season. And they are going to be just as aggressive on election day:
They spent the campaign season stalking Republican candidates and looking for YouTube-worthy gaffes. Now, a group of 19 trackers with a liberal super PAC will have a new target on Election Day: disenfranchised voters.
The trackers, who are affiliated with the American Bridge 21st Century super PAC, will be dispatched on Tuesday to key battleground states, including Colorado, Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin. Their plan is to document testimonials from voters who run into problems at the polls.
American Bridge put out a news release on Friday that said trackers will be looking for “unusually long lines, enforcement of non-existent voter ID requirements, excessive use of provisional ballots, limited accessibility to the polling location,” as well as false information form poll workers...
Harris said American Bridge trackers will be particularly interested in True the Vote, a Tea Party-affiliated organization that set a goal of training a million poll watchers this election cycle. He also said the trackers will be looking at poll monitors in Wisconsin who were reportedly encouraged to go incognito by the Romney campaign.
Regardless of how the election turns out tomorrow, our election system is in crisis and all of this needs to be documented.
It's also worth pointing out that even some Republicans understand what a crock this voter fraud jihad is:
Since the race is "within the margin of litigation" Rich Hasen's election law blog is the go-to site to track these issues. You might want to bookmark it in advance.
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