Shrum relates how l980 [Ted] Kennedy campaign operatives, posing as officials of the National Weather Service, phoned in to radio stations fake reports of a weather emergency to depress the Carter vote in southern Ohio. (No Excuses p. 113-114). Twenty years later, with the full support of the candidate, Gore campaign operatives manufactured traffic jams to obstruct the Bradley vote in southern New Hampshire. (Id. p. 324.)
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Vote suppression - insider tales
Democratic operative Bob Shrum is known as 0 for 8 for his record of no success in presidential bids. He has a recent book No Excuses. In it he tell of two cases he knows of intentional suppressing votes in 1980 and 2000. Via Politico with page numbers:
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