Senate Democrats urged the Justice Department on Monday to investigate whether one of its former prosecutors led attempts to suppress Florida voter turnout during the 2004 presidential election.
One of the fired prosecutors, Bud Cummins in Little Rock, Ark., was replaced on an interim basis by Tim Griffin - a protege of presidential political adviser Karl Rove who worked at the Republican National Committee in 2004. The two senators Monday pointed to two e-mails to Griffin - titled “caging” and dated August 2004 - listing nearly 2,000 potential voters in Jacksonville, Fla.
“Caging” refers to efforts to disqualify voters who fail to sign for registered campaign mail sent to their houses. In theory, the practice identifies homes where voters no longer live. But the Democrats said in a letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales that “there are many reasons why registered mail might be ‘returned to sender’ that have nothing to do with a voter’s eligibility.”
The caging lists targeted predominantly African-American neighborhoods in Jacksonville, the senators said in their letter.
This is another reason why Republicans should not be an alternate choice if the Democrats do not perform as well as their constituents would like. The Democrats may not be as effective as we would like, but at least they did not have to cheat their way into office.
All Republicans are tainted by this scandal and it just goes to show that those who wave the flag or morality are more then likely showing you a false face.
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