Montana GOP promises more voter challenges

[struggle4progress]

By MIKE DENNISON
The Billings Gazette

HELENA, Mont. -- A state Republican Party official said Friday the party plans to expand its challenge of registered Montana voters who have changed their addresses, beyond the 6,000 voters challenged in six counties this week ...

"These challenges are a transparent attempt by the Republican Party to suppress voter turn-out by confusing and scaring voters," said Caleb Weaver. "We believe they're going to be unsuccessful, and we're working to ensure that every Montanans' right to vote is protected." ...

For example, a co-director of Montana Women Vote, a statewide coalition that has helped 10,000 low-income women register to vote since 2004, said it will be matching up the challenge list with their registrants and helping them respond if they're challenged ...

"It is ironic that at the same time I am about to return to Iraq to help build a democracy, that my own right to vote is being challenged at home for partisan purposes," <Kevin Furey, a former Democratic state representative and Army Reserve officer> said in a statement released earlier. "These challenges are a blatant and offensive attempt to suppress the rights of voters." ...

http://www.jacksonholestartrib.com/articles/2008/10/03/news/wyoming/b5969bde6636c5bf872574d8000a5019.txt

[ingac70]

1. You know things are bad for the GOP...

when they feel the need to screw with voters in a place like Montana!

[struggle4progress]

2. !

:rofl:

[fujiyama]

3. Seriously!

:rofl:

I really despise those bastards.

[tom_paine]

6. Exactly. If they have to perform Bushie Voter Suppression Ops in Montana

(which is still more moderate by FAR than the surrounding Bushie Imperial Provinces)

then yes, they are in trouble.

Or perhaps an alternate explanation is that they are just being though. After all, 2000 Florida taught them they needed to expand their Election Fraud Ops to ALL states so as to pad their national totals and make sure they ALWAYS "win" the popular vote.

Unknown as to which it is, desperation or thoroughness?

[ColbertWatcher]

4. This is starting to sound like harassment!

I just hope there is one of those GOP challengers at my polling station!

[flygal]

5. this whole thing is from comments Schweizer made about electing Tester

and the election office is saying they can't handle it all during the election due to heavy early voting. The repubs are really making a mess.

[tavalon]

7. Fucktards!