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Sunday, August 26, 2012

Election observers True the Vote Accused Of Intimidating Minority Voters

As Jamila Gatlin waited in line at a northside Milwaukee elementary school gym to cast her ballot June 5 in the proposed recall of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, she noticed three people in the back of the room. They were watching, taking notes.

Officially called “election observers,” they were white. Gatlin, and almost everyone in line, was black.

“That’s pretty harassing right there, if you ask me,” Gatlin said in the hall outside the gym. “Why do we have to be watched while we vote?”

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Didn't they get the message that the DOJ under Holder will not prosecute for voter intimidation?
NOTHING more intimidating than 3 white guys with clipboards.