Election Day saw a number of efforts to intimidate or trick Democrats out of their constitutional right to vote, stoke fear of rampant voter fraud, and delegitimize possible victories by Democrats. (See here [1] for the days leading up to Tuesday). Here are a few examples:
- Minnesota [2] vote challengers were so aggressive they had to be reined in by election officials.
- Also in Minnesota [3], the state Republican chair blamed voting machine failures and other problems on "[Democratic Secretary of State] Mark Ritchie and his ACORN buddies."
- In Nevada [4] yesterday, Sharron Angle filed a voter intimidation complaint with DoJ over an e-mail from a Reid campaign worker to a local casino urging it to ensure that employees had a chance to vote.
- In Maryland [5], Democrats received telephone calls late on Election Day telling them that O’Malley had won and they could "relax" (i.e., not vote).
- In Texas [6], African Americans were subjected to a flier telling them that a vote for the entire Democratic ticket would be counted as a vote for the Republican ticket instead.