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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Garamond;color:navy'>I’m forwarding
an e-mail from a very solid, amazing progressive org in the South that is
monitoring the poll violations that are threatening the rights of “likely
Democrats” to vote. If anyone is so inspired, they are fundraising for
this critical work. I’ve worked with them in my previous life – and
know the ED very well…please forward widely…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Chris Kromm
[mailto:chris@southernstudies.org] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, October 23, 2008
1:58 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> schradie@hotmail.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> How we can stop the
attack on voting rights</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:#336699;font-weight:bold'>We can stop the attack on voting rights
... but we need to act <i><span style='font-style:italic'>now</span></i></span></font></b></a><font
size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Dear Friend:<br>
<br>
I urgently need your help.<br>
<br>
As you know, we are 12 days away from one of the closest elections in
history. In <st1:State w:st="on">Florida</st1:State>, <st1:State w:st="on">North
Carolina</st1:State>, <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Virginia</st1:place></st1:State>
and other battleground states, races from the president to statehouse
could be decided by a razor-thin margin.<br>
<br>
Every vote will matter. But across the South, <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>the right to vote is under attack</span></b> -- and thousands could
be denied a vote and voice: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Just this
week, </span></font><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'><a
href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001_6nQ1Ec5KDdHJl0kNugVTdSEwCocoA9iDpJWt7h0x9h9xP_rU1UPBPOv6esBVO3TCKvFp09Im08BU4Z54yZOCG-Ms7IvVt423AL-jwdckkuhq2ipTl8jmBsSKnVONlrRuw3jmyk2bcxfHtN3d-WeT9FC5X6XjCTxcaACYlgfe7y-MPmxDZSTR03LsfJCMtzrtV7qRp1iT0MFu80SRfRcfg==">African-American
voters in Fayetteville, North Carolina were heckled and harassed</a> at
the polls -- and officials stood idly by.<br>
<br>
Over 40% of new voters in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Virginia</st1:place></st1:State>
are 25 or younger -- but <a
href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001_6nQ1Ec5KDcM0gvokjmJuvpjQDw6g4i9EQkwh0Fw3A-D4q3fEVvZAkT4DPuQbzIJTfJ58f3wKRth1hpIZttjIwcH7ThI4Gj8g-vjvGNPo09MOpcc9kY9bVxDGwXYfvN-h6Pa9lbnhsCPnoBQ09ZMshKTzqmvo28XQLazMyt86Twc7zZrSmON45dF4C8JVe9d">students
are still battling to have their campus registrations accepted</a>.<br>
<br>
Questionable <a
href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001_6nQ1Ec5KDeIJNR6FWY-edhECzWr1MqdIjzK9oMWSal_IuX14xxUdJZanTtgY1gHRJs1lb1p6Xm0wSHUjHkCQ3tefxNjbsUzqiqIhY85qinePxQ2oH79CRQj38V476qp5HKKG9XoGaONmYw55SpsRCH1A88TQqEIRD0V_Fgud3ZUIG486nR3fyiE8v-HHbZkGasN_fG7lQfhVqjL_1AWqw==">voter
purges could disenfranchise thousands of voters</a> in <st1:State w:st="on">Florida</st1:State>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Georgia</st1:country-region> and <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Louisiana</st1:place></st1:State> --
including thousands of recent hurricane victims.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</blockquote>
<p><b><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black;
font-weight:bold'>We can't let these threats to our voting rights and
democracy be swept under the rug, unreported and unchallenged.</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Not this
time. Not this year. Too much is at stake.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</blockquote>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>The
Institute launched <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Voting Rights Watch</span></b>
to make sure our voting rights are protected. Our 3-part plan is simple: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black;
font-weight:bold'>1. Voting Rights Watchdogs</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>: We're setting up rapid-response
teams in each state to monitor elections and publicize voting rights
threats.<br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>2. Hard-Hitting Investigative
Reporting:</span></b> Our award-winning reporters are reporting each day
on critical voting and election issues.<br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>3. Voter Education:</span></b> We're
informing thousands of voters in key Southern states about their rights
at the polls and how to get help.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Now, we need you.<br>
<br>
Voting Rights Watch is almost entirely supported by small donors -- and
demand for our hard-hitting reports and useful resources is growing every
day. <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Our goal is to raise $15,000 by
November 4</span></b> to meet that sky-rocketing need.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black;
font-weight:bold'>Can you <a
href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001_6nQ1Ec5KDc27mYECs23U8IRw6ATJfR2oYi7_iCCe_tO06J19zx9S6OfX7azbnmuKf8IkemaNrgV4PEpK0skmR5lD0K8JV8PXJqUCIdIaBuxvN4FeYi0_Xb488YUGBj4d6VfB4D6UEY=">make
a special, tax-deductible gift to the Institute today</a>?</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>What we
do -- or don't do -- in the next few days could make the difference. <br>
<br>
Please, <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>join me today to protect the
right to vote</span></b> and defend democracy in the South.<br>
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