Barack Obama busy working on preventing voter suppression!

[babsbunny]

Today, Senator Barack Obama from Illinois introduced the Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Act to ensure civil and criminal penalties for those who engage in voter suppression through disinformation and dirty tricks.

Click here to contact both your senators and ask them to cosponsor Sen. Obama’s Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Act.

If passed, Sen. Obama’s bill would do the following for ALL federal elections starting in 2008:

Make it a federal crime to communicate false information about the time or place of voting, the voting eligibility of any voter, or the party affiliation or endorsements of any candidate
Allow any person or voter who has been harmed by false statements immediately preceding a federal election to obtain an injunction stopping the deceptive practices
Require the U.S. Attorney General to investigate every claim of deceptive practices, and submit a public report on all claims to Congress
Require the Attorney General to ensure the immediate release of corrective information in affected communities
Since its original introduction in 2005, PFAW staff and our allies have worked closely with Sen. Obama’s office to make sure this bill is as effective as possible at stopping voter disenfranchisement though deceptive practices.


Sen. Obama’s bill addresses a top-tier priority of PFAW’s 2007 Democracy Initiative -- an aggressive election reform agenda to put safeguards in place by the 2008 elections that could mean the difference between hundreds of thousands of eligible voters being disenfranchised or being able to vote and have their votes counted.

Help move this agenda -- take action on Sen. Obama's bill now!

-- Your Allies at People For the American Way

P.S. After you take action, please forward this message to your friends and ask them to weigh in as well.

http://www.pfaw.org/go/DeceptivePracticesAction

[Phredicles]

1. Ah, so you mean he's working to PREVENT voter suppression.

I'm sorry, but I was nervous there for a second.

[bear425]

7. Me too! But, the title definitely got me to click! lol n/t

[redqueen]

2. Thanks for posting this.

:thumbsup:

[bleever]

3. Recommended, although

I first read the title of the post as meaning that he was out to do the suppressing. :)

[ddbaj]

4. LMAO

Misleading title.

[hippiechick]

6. yes, very.

:wtf:

[lvx35]

5. Great, but change that title!

something like

Barack Obama busy working on ending voter suppression!

[Pirate Smile]

8. On the Recommeded page it shows the original subject line even though

the poster has already changed it.

It is just going to be stuck like that unless a Mod. changes it.

[Adelante]

9. This is good

I wish we had done this long ago. Very good, Senator.