REPUBLiCANS HATE DEMOCRACY

You have to understand a few things about elections before you read on. the more people vote, the better Democrats do. Now this is not to say that the GOP won't register plenty of folks in their home base areas. but as a whole,when more of the populace votes more you bring in more people that don't tend to vote and they tend to be democrats. How big a deal is this? Just has to look at the list of supression tactics the GOP has used. they don't want you to get to the poll if you're not the right sort of american. take a look:

*In 2002 the Louisiana GOP admitted to paying black kids $75 to hold up signs to
discourage people in black neighborhoods from voting. They promoted the 'fact' that if bad weather came you could vote on another day and widely published incorrect absentee voter deadlines among the elderly and poor minority neighborhoods.

*In South Dakota the GOP widely publicized the wrong polling places in the native american community to insure voters were unable to get to the correct polling places.

*In Baltimore in 2002 (and Georgia in 2003) black voters were sent fliers saying anyone w/ outstanding parking tickets, rent, or utility bills would be arrested at polling stations.

*In Mississippi this has been done by phone in the form of 'public service' recorded
telephone messages.

Now the Ohio GOP has a new one. Ohio is a MUST win for the GOP. both parties have done an incredible amount of voter registration. the problem is that the Dems have outdone the GOP by leaps and bounds.

but don't worry my GOP pals, the Ohio Secretary of State (Republican) J. Keneth Blackwell is here to help! see he's a republican and he's got a special rule. he won't take any application to register that's not on a card printed on 0 pound stock paper. the local papers had been publishing forms in their papers to encourage registering. too bad. the paper's too thin to allow those people to vote! but to be fair the Sec. of State will mail you out a new 'correct' form to use...only their being sent too late to be used.

when you think about the parties. think about what i means to support a party that must do this to win. think about the fact that i didn't even mention Florida.