Gee, I wonder which party was behind that letter?
Note Warns Calif. Hispanics on Voting
The state attorney general’s office is investigating a letter received by some Southern California Hispanics that says it is a crime for immigrants to vote and tells them they could be jailed or deported if they go to the polls next month.
“It’s a very malicious and degrading letter. It’s to pull Latinos down and make them afraid,” said Benny Diaz, who is running for City Council in Garden Grove. He said his wife and five other people he knows had received the letter.
The letter, written in Spanish, tells recipients: “You are advised that if your residence in this country is illegal or you are an immigrant, voting in a federal election is a crime that could result in jail time.”
The truth is that immigrants who become naturalized citizens can legally register to vote.
Diebold is only a small part of the GOP disenfranchisement efforts. Things the above letter, or papering the projects with leaflets telling Democrats to vote 3 days after the actual election, or (most importantly) Voter ID laws are all working towards the same goal – keeping the brown people from voting.
Update: it turns out that the letter comes from the campaign of Tan D. Nguyen, a Republican challenger to Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA). Quel surprise.
