Republican Neo-Nazis Are Trying To Purge Minorities From Illinois Voting Rolls — This Is How They 'Win' Elections

Democrats Fear GOP Effort To Purge Illinoisans From Voter Lists Will Suppress Minorities

If Republicans were honest, they'd dress like this guy. (Photo from KOMUnews)

By Sophia Tareen
In a sign of how close the contest for control of President Barack Obama's home state is expected to be, Illinois Republicans are mounting what they call an unprecedented and costly campaign to have ineligible people purged from voter lists and recruit their own election judges before November.

With their sights on unseating a Democratic governor and winning back several congressional seats, Republicans have allocated $1 million in Cook County alone — from fundraising and the Republican Governors Association — to examine voter rolls and recruit 5,000 GOP election judges to watch over polling places in Democrat-heavy Chicago.

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Illinois Democrats, in turn, fear the GOP "voter integrity" campaign could echo initiatives elsewhere aimed, they say, at making it difficult for minorities and other traditional Democrats to vote if they don't have required identification or there's any question about eligibility.

"We don't interpret these efforts as anything other than voter suppression," said Rikeesha Phelon, a spokeswoman in Illinois for the Democratic Governors Association.
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