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Voter Intimidation

Karl Rove, former Deputy Chief of Staff to former U.S. President George W. Bush walks the floor before the start of the abbreviated first day of the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum on August 27, 2012 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

5 conservative excuses for Obama's re-election

Ugonna Okpalaoka
theGRIO REPORT - Here are five of the excuses conservatives of the Republican Party are giving for their loss election night...
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Michael Moore departs the Gore Vidal Public Celebration at Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on August 23, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

Michael Moore: 'Hate is a huge motivator on Romney's side'

Ugonna Okpalaoka
theGRIO REPORT - In an interview today with the Huffington Post, documentary filmmaker Michael Moore shared his thoughts on how much he thinks race has played a role in this year's election...
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A woman helps a man read an early-voting ballot on November 4, 2012 in in Jersey City, New Jersey. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christy ordered early-voting stations stay open through the weekend, in an effort to get people to vote, despite the damage done by Superstorm Sandy. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

5 things to remember on Election Day

Ugonna Okpalaoka
theGRIO REPORT - The time has come: there are less than 24 hours until Americans cast their votes for the next president. In preparation for Election Day, we've compiled a list of five things you need to remember before heading to the polls tomorrow....
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Voters show identification as they sign in to vote during the Republican primary election April 24, 2012 at Bodine High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Turnout is expected to be low as Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney continues his campaign as the presumptive GOP candidate. (Photo by Jessica Kourkounis/Getty Images)

Pennsylvania GOP accused of planning voter intimidation

Ugonna Okpalaoka
theGRIO REPORT - Civil rights groups sent a letter to Assistant U.S. Attorney General Thomas Perez today about alleged efforts between the Pennsylvania Republican Party and the Pittsburgh Tea Party to target Pittsburgh precincts with large numbers of African-American voters...
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California couple finds absentee ballots in the gutter

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VIDEO - It's a discovery that's got Bernice and Wardell Chavis outraged. For the second time this month the couple has found remnants of mail-in-ballots tossed in the gutter near their Vallejo, California home...
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Volunteers make phone calls seeking support for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney at his Arlington Victory Center October 25, 2012 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Is Team Romney training workers to dupe voters?

Joy-Ann Reid
theGRIO REPORT - A Think Progress investigation has exposed parts of a misleading training manual being distributed to Mitt Romney volunteers in the crucial swing state of Wisconsin...
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MIAMI, FL - OCTOBER 09: People stand in line to deliver their voter registration forms to a Miami-Dade Elections Department officials on the final day for voters to register to vote in the upcoming elections on October 9, 2012 in Miami, Florida. The Republicans and Democrats are battling it out for the election, less than a month away. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Feds investigate phony letters to Florida voters

Michael Isikoff, NBC News
NBC News - The FBI and U.S. Postal Service inspectors are investigating bogus official-looking letters sent to voters in at least 28 Florida counties questioning their citizenship and their eligibility to vote, NBC News has learned...
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Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks to supporters during a campaign rally at Tidewater Community College on October 17, 2012 in Washington, DC. This is Romney's first campaign appearance since his debate with President Barack Obama last night. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Romney urged business owners to tell employees how to vote

Ugonna Okpalaoka
theGRIO REPORT - In a June 6, 2012 conference call, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney urged employers to tell their employees how they should vote in the upcoming election, calling it 'nothing illegal,' according to In These Times.
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Floridians use touch screen machines to cast their ballots November 2, 2004 in St. Petersburg, Florida. Polls indicate the race between U.S. President George W. Bush and Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) is too close to call. (Photo by Tim Boyles/Getty Images)

At polls, fears of voter suppression, intimidation

Curt Anderson, Associated Press

 

MIAMI (AP) — Kimberly Kelley of Tampa has provided Florida elections officials with thousands of names of people she thinks may be ineligible to vot

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Billboard in Ohio outside subsidized housing

Ohio voter fraud billboard accused of intimidating black voters

Similoluwa Ojurongbe
theGRIO REPORT - A new anti-'voter fraud' billboard in Cleveland, Ohio is stirring debate and allegations for voter intimidation...
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