little asides and such. . .

I see that McAuliffe says a Hutchinson campaign staffer had to be removed from an early polling place by law enforcement for intimidating people, African Americans, specifically. . . no details though. Where? When? Who? What was this person doing?

The Arkansas Democratic Party's web page says nothing about this. . . obviously just an oversight.

I saw a USA today article which made some mention of the accusations. Again, no place, no date, no names. . .

A columnist in the Courier Journal has some wild accusations. . . but no "who what where why when and how" details. . .

The NAACP's web page. . . well, I couldn't find anything about this.

The Arkansas State Government's web page had nothing. . . .

CNN, Foxnews and MSNBC searches for "Arkansas voter intimidation" came up zilch.

Google search only revealed the USA Today article and the Courier Journal opinion piece. . .

Even Fayetteville Citizens For Democracy's web page doesn't mention it. . . ?

I must be getting rusty here. . . who can provide the details?

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     At least six dead people tried to register to vote, including one helped by a person also listed on campaign-spending reports as having received 0 by the state Democratic party, said Marty Ryall, Republican Party chairman.

     "I can understand why they needed assistance," Mr. Ryall said.

     People who aid others registering to vote are required to sign the paperwork as well.

     Another person, who helped 300 people in one county to vote, also received two checks of from the Democratic party, Mr. Ryall said.

     Michael Cook, executive director of the Arkansas Democratic Party, said a former staffer had hired two teenagers to register voters and that they took names directly from the phone book. He said the incident happened seven months ago and that party officials are cooperating with the U.S. Attorney's Office.

     "They are trying to disenfranchise voters by bringing up a dead issue, no pun intended," Mr. Cook said.

     Republican Party officials continue to sift through hundreds of registration forms. One official said they had created one large stack of registrations done in the same ink and handwriting. At least two businesses were registered to vote, "Reed's Wrecker" and "Reed's Crusher."

     Republicans also say that early voters now casting ballots in county clerk offices are not showing photo identification as required by state law.

     On Monday, Republican poll-watchers attempted to challenge voters who did not have identification, and when one voter produced a Michigan driver's license, they challenged that person's residency.

     "When the worker challenged that voter, about 30 people came over yelling that she was obstructing voting," Mr. Ryall said.



Who is intimidating who and why??