Vote Suppression Update for Monday, November 6

Virginia:

Those of us in Arlington received the following email from the head of the County Democratic Committee:

We now have confirmed a voter suppression telephone effort, at least in Arlington. It is essential that anyone who learns of such an incident capture relevant details and report them IMMEDIATELY.
We have confirmed at least one instance in NOVA where a person has called a registered voter who has voted consistently in Arlington since 1998, telling him that he will be criminally prosecuted if he tries to vote in Virginia this year.

If you, or anyone you know, receives such a call, please do the following:
1. Request the name, telephone number and email address of the caller.
2. Carefully take down the facts--what happened, what was said.
3. If the caller reports a telephone call or message, try to obtain the
phone number from which the call was made to the caller. Urge the caller to preserve any recorded version of the call. Let him/her know that an attorney from the Democratic Party will be calling them back shortly.
4. If the caller received a writing, have the caller fax or email a copy of
the writing. Also, please find out if it was mailed or hand-delivered. Urge
the caller to preserve the writing. Let him/her know that an attorney from
the Democratic Party will be calling them back shortly.
5. IMMEDIATELY contact me if you have a confirmed incident of attempts at voter suppression. Contact number: (number suppressed) (c). Email:
_ electlaw at aol dot com _
Thank you.

Jay Myerson
General Counsel
Democratic Party of Virginia
Jay B. Myerson
The Law Offices of Jay B. Myerson
11860 Sunrise Valley Drive
Suite 100
Reston, VA 20191
Phone:(number suppressed for posting)
E-mail:_ electlaw at aol dot com _
(mailto: myerson at myersonlaw dot net)

There have been several efforts already in the Mount Vernon area. The chair of the local Democratic Committee there noted in an email:

A few minutes ago and about only an hour after I warned the MVDDC to watch out for voter suppression, I received an email from the DPVA stating that they have confirmed a telephone voter suppression effort taking place in Arlington, Virginia. I've been chairing this committee for three years and this is the first time, I've received a warning like this. I was told it was the following:

We have confirmed at least one instance in NOVA where a person has called a registered voter who has voted consistently in Arlington since 1998, telling him that he will be criminally prosecuted if he tries to vote in Virginia this year.

This does not surprised me. Republicans are angry, afraid of what's coming, and they are lashing out. Remember that their leader in this election encouraged them to knock our "soft teeth down [our] whiny throats." Here in Mount Vernon:

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They are doing robocalls trying to suppress votes claiming Democrats are anti-military (I'm sure the anti-women/black ones are coming tomorrow);
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They've stolen our signs, from specific locations multiple times, including Wxxxx Axxxx's sign four times and even tried a fifth after the press was watching, and several of us have observed a specific vehicle repeatedly casing his sign and his house;
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On Friday, they called the police on us when we had our candlelight vigil with the TV cameras rolling (said we were blocking traffic (which was totally inaccurate (ask Del. Amundsen));