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From PBS NOW:
Was there a White House plot to illegally suppress votes in 2004? Is there a similar plan for the upcoming elections? This week NOW examines documents and evidence that points to a Republican Party plan designed to keep Democrats from voting, allegedly by targeting people based on their race and ethnicity with key battleground states like Ohio and Florida of particular interest.
"It was a partisan, discriminatory attempt to challenge voters of color," Eddie Hailes, a senior attorney for The Advancement Project, a civil rights group, told NOW.
This Week Now revealed “e-mails between National Republican Party headquarters and Ohio State Republican Party officials” that talked about plans to compile voter caging lists.
Watch the video of the program here.
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Related Ohio Documents and Links:
E-mails between National Republican Party headquarters and Ohio State Republican Party officials about plans to challenge voters in Ohio [pdf]
List of people in the Cleveland, Ohio area who the Republicans planned to stop on Election Day, 2004 [pdf]
Guidebook for Republicans interested in becoming poll monitors[pdf]
You must review the emails to see the scope of the coordination between the RNC and ORP in planning this attack on voters in Ohio.!
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