Making Sure We Keep Voter Repression From Rearing Its Ugly Head.

Another fear factor in this electon is the integrity of the vote on November 4th. As the Obama campaign registers large numbers of voters, and moves ahead in the polls, there is a sense from some that a large turnout will over ride the inevitable shenanigans at the polls and with the machines. This may be a mistake.

AlterNet's veteran elections writer, Steve Rosenfeld, not an alarmist, is very concerned that the Obama campaign has given voter protection over to the DNC, and perhaps may be over confident in this area, and the DNC is not yet ready to deal with what will come down on election day.

Here is Rosenfeld:

"In just the past two weeks, Republican officeholders, party officials or their allies in swing states such as Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Colorado, Indiana and Montana have sought to present hurdles to likely new Democratic voters…"

"The question one month before Election Day is whether the Obama campaign and Democratic National Committee have an election protection strategy that not only deals with more overt forms of voter suppression, but also with ensuring the accuracy of the vote count.The answer is not yet on electronic vote counts, according to dozens of background conversations with Democratic Party lawyers, donors, state party staffers and others working with the DNC since the Democratic Convention in Denver."

Read the whole article here.

And those of you who have influence within the DNC and the Obama campaign, now is the time to press people to make sure there is no stone unturned in seeking this victory, and for many voting corruption is a very big boulder.