Rumors of voter suppression in northern California
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Allegations of voter suppression are spreading in Northern California. Residents are reporting to have received registration cards with a fake voter ID number and a do-not-forward stamp on the envelope. The envelopes are said to bear a return to the RNC's "Voter Identification Division", which the RNC staffers says does not actually exist.[1]
Janie Sheppard, a Mendocino County attorney and voting rights advocate, says the letter is the first step of voter caging, a voter suppression tactic.
"Let's say you are a Republican and you don't want Democrats to vote. You send out official-looking notices to the Democrats that you don't want to vote. On the envelope on the outside will say do not forward. So, if it gets returned, the Republicans will go to the polls, they'll have challengers there who will challenge that person's right to vote. Unless the person can prove they live where they are registered to vote, they will end up having to vote provisionally, which is a whole lot of paper work, and it's a matter of record that 50% of provisional votes are not counted."[1]
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