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Old 08-03-2011, 07:28 PM
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Default Republican lobbying group accuse of voter suppression in Wisconsin

This is such an old-fashioned trick to keep people from voting: send them a fake absentee ballot with the wrong return date and return address on it

Recall elections in 6 days!
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Americans For Prosperity Accused Of Voter Suppression In Wisconsin Recall Elections

Americans for Prosperity, the conservative advocacy group backed by billionaires Charles and David Koch, has been accused of attempting to suppress Democratic voter turnout in the Wisconsin Senate recall elections.

Patch.com reported that Charles Shultz, a Democrat who lives in the 10th Senate District, received an absentee ballot application form last week from AFP that contained incorrect information on it.

The form instructed him to mail it back to the wrong location by Aug. 11 -- two days after the recall election in his district between Sen. Sheila Harsdorf (R) and Shelly Moore (D) is set to take place, on Aug. 9.

Politico obtained a copy of the AFP mailer, which was also distributed to voters in the 2nd District.

The Wisconsin Democratic Party filed a formal complaint Tuesday with the state's Government Accountability Board over the issue, accusing AFP of "falsely representing the time frame" for the upcoming August 9 recall election. Shultz filed his own complaint with the GAB on Saturday.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_913561.html
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