Reply #93: letters [View All]

[Kipepeo]

Been trying to find the other fake intimidation letters...

In the process I came across some of these articles: http://www.southernstudies.org/news/fs20041101.htm

NAACP DECRIES ATTEMPT TO DISCOURAGE S.C. BLACK VOTE

Facing South/Southern Exposure
November 1, 2004

Rev. Joe Darby, the pastor of Morris Brown AME Church in Charleston, S.C., might have been more than a little surprised by the letter he received on Friday. Drafted on what appeared to be NAACP letterhead, it informed him he could face arrest when he votes Tuesday if he's behind on child support payments, has any unpaid traffic tickets, or has bad credit.

Not only was the information blatantly false, but Darby was in a position to know that the South Carolina NAACP wouldn't misinform black voters about fake restrictions of their voting rights. After all, he's the vice president of the state NAACP.

"I hope they weren't just sending letters to members of the NAACP," he said. "I certainly don't think they meant to send one to the vice president. It was pretty stupid."

Darby said he considers the letter an example of old-fashioned minority voter intimidation, a disinformation tactic that is insulting but not terribly intimidating in 2004.

CRAZY Flyer from WI called "some warnings for election time", claiming to be from the Milwaukee Black Voters League: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/10/28/201853/53 (must click on to see the fake letter)