"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance." --Thomas Jefferson
The Republicans are already manning their battlestations to circumvent this election, going far beyond what I have already reported.
George Bush has sent the Department of Justice to Ohio to try and invalidate 200,000 new voter registrations. In Colorado, the Republican Secretary of State purged between 16,000-20,000 registrations; the state is currently being sued by voter-rights groups. Even the New York Times has called attention to the possible disenfranchisement of thousands of voters nationwide. In addition, poll observers are being harrassed, even arrested.
Expect the Republicans to pull out every stop in order to avoid the devasting losses that the polls indicate they will suffer.
Please--do whatever you can to support the GOTV efforts this last week. My friend Anthony has a list of things you can do at his blog, BlueOhioan. Poll observers are especially needed to make sure that there are no voter-intimidation shenanigans by the Republicans.
Seven more days, folks! Keep fighting!
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