Bradblog: WV SoS cops to endemic statewide election problems

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Not machine related, but just as bad, if not worse: vote "buying" through employer intimidation is common:

"we have folks who sell their vote ... oppressed by 'Boss Hoggs' who hold power over jobs ... and in some instances a decent way of life for our residents ... we already violate the Voting Rights Act here ... People in our state lose their right to vote because of their impoverishment -- not because of their race or gender..."

http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00001691.htm

[WildClarySage]

1. SoS Betty Ireland is a POS. And she's attacking not the politicians

in the piece but the workers who she claims are being pressured into voting (democratic, though she doesn't specify- trust me she wouldn't have a problem with repubs doing it) for a party or candidate. The real 'issue' Ireland is trying to push is organized labor's influence of voters, something republicans in WV are desperate to overcome.