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Robert KC Johnson

Voter Intimidation

Election Day began with Dixville Notch, NH, reporting just after midnight for George Bush (as expected--when a Republican doesn't carry Dixville Notch, it's a long day ahead); and then, at 1.45am, a federal judge in South Dakota issuing a temporary injunction against GOP "poll watchers" on Indian reservations. In the 2002 SD Senate race, Democrat Tim Johnson was re-elected only by carrying a huge margin (upwards of 90%) in the Indian counties; Tom Daschle is counting on a similar performance tonight. And so the John Thune campaign launched a poll watching initiative of writing down license plate numbers of cars that drove Native Americans to the polls for early voting, and following Native Americans from polling.

This is a classic intimidation tactic against minorities, one that Lyndon Johnson experienced first-hand in 1964. For a sense of how some things have remained constant in American politics, the Miller Center has put together an audio exhibit of Johnson's reactions to such tactics in 1964.

Posted on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 at 9:59 AM 

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