FuzzyLumpkins
10-27-2016, 02:51 PM
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is accusing the Republican National Committee (RNC) of violating a long-standing decree that restricts Republicans’ ability to question voters at polls and prevent those people from casting ballots.
On Wednesday, the DNC filed a lawsuit in New Jersey federal court asking a judge to block the RNC from engaging in such voter intimidation tactics. It appears to come in response to Donald Trump’s repeated claims recently that the presidential election is “rigged.”
The DNC asked the judge to prohibit the RNC from allocating money to fund, reimburse expenses or provide support to Donald Trump and his campaign’s “voter intimidation program” or Trump supporters’ plans to serve as poll-watchers on Election Day on Nov. 8.
The lawsuit also asks the judge to direct the RNC to seek reimbursement from Trump’s campaign or state political groups for any funds used for any prohibited “ballot security measures.”
The decree the Democrats say the GOP is violating dates back to 1982, and was modified in 1987, which came after voter caging was found to be taking place in neighborhoods that had large black and Hispanic populations, according to the Brennan Center for Justice. Voter caging is the illegal practice of sending mass mails to registered voters, then compiling lists of the voters from the mail that is returned undelivered and using that list to challenge voter registrations. “When it is targeted at minority voters (as it often is, unfortunately), it is also illegal,” the Brennan Center notes on its website.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/dnc-accuses-rnc-of-violating-court-order-to-prevent-voter-intimidation/
On Wednesday, the DNC filed a lawsuit in New Jersey federal court asking a judge to block the RNC from engaging in such voter intimidation tactics. It appears to come in response to Donald Trump’s repeated claims recently that the presidential election is “rigged.”
The DNC asked the judge to prohibit the RNC from allocating money to fund, reimburse expenses or provide support to Donald Trump and his campaign’s “voter intimidation program” or Trump supporters’ plans to serve as poll-watchers on Election Day on Nov. 8.
The lawsuit also asks the judge to direct the RNC to seek reimbursement from Trump’s campaign or state political groups for any funds used for any prohibited “ballot security measures.”
The decree the Democrats say the GOP is violating dates back to 1982, and was modified in 1987, which came after voter caging was found to be taking place in neighborhoods that had large black and Hispanic populations, according to the Brennan Center for Justice. Voter caging is the illegal practice of sending mass mails to registered voters, then compiling lists of the voters from the mail that is returned undelivered and using that list to challenge voter registrations. “When it is targeted at minority voters (as it often is, unfortunately), it is also illegal,” the Brennan Center notes on its website.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/dnc-accuses-rnc-of-violating-court-order-to-prevent-voter-intimidation/