Congressional Black Caucus chair warns of GOP voter intimidation

[HonestJohn]

By Adrienne Shih and Daniella Diaz, CNN
Updated 7:04 PM ET, Wed
November 2, 2016

http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/02/politics/gk-butterfield-african-american-voter-turnout/

Washington (CNN)The chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus accused Republicans Wednesday of wanting to intimidate African-American voters in North Carolina in order to "nullify their votes."

"The Republicans are saying that they're going to intimidate African-Americans on Election Day to try to nullify their votes. We're playing offense and defense," North Carolina Rep. G.K. Butterfield told CNN's Wolf Blitzer.

Butterfield made the accusation as part of a discussion about African-American turnout in North Carolina, though he did not point to any particular incident. A message left with the Republican National Committee seeking response was not immediately returned.

GOP nominee Donald Trump has repeatedly invited his followers to watch polling areas, and a federal judge has directed the RNC to provide information detailing "any efforts regarding poll watching or poll observation."

The RNC is forbidden from engaging in any ballot security activities that might deter qualified voters from voting because of a decades-old consent decree that has been modified over the years and is set to expire at the end of 2017.

White supremacists are also planning to organize nationwide to poll watch, according to a Politico report.

(more at link)

[TomSea]

Left Wing Demon Rat scum playing the race card.

[Doug Loss]

Again, the SPLC is lumping OathKeepers in with the KKK and whatever neoNazis they can find.  Let's be very clear--there is nothing wrong with poll watching.  Ensuring that vote fraud is minimized is an admirable task, no matter who does it.

[corbe]

   Houston Texas gave yall, Sheila Jackson Lee, but ol' Rangle is in Trumps District and on his Donation List.

      

[goatprairie]

Does anyone really  believe a bunch of Klansmen or Aryan Nation types are going to virtually all-black districts to try and scare off black voters? That would be suicidal. Butterfield is talking standard Dem gibberish.

[andy58-in-nh]

Does anyone really  believe a bunch of Klansmen or Aryan Nation types are going to virtually all-black districts to try and scare off black voters? That would be suicidal. Butterfield is talking standard Dem gibberish.

There is a political calculus behind the nonsense: polls are hinting at far lower black turnout than in the past two elections, and the word has gone forth from the DNC to play the race card, and bet the house on it. Hillary suddenly looks vulnerable, and for the first time this year, the Dems are truly scared.

[sneakypete]

There is a political calculus behind the nonsense: polls are hinting at far lower black turnout than in the past two elections, and the word has gone forth from the DNC to play the race card, and bet the house on it. Hillary suddenly looks vulnerable, and for the first time this year, the Dems are truly scared.