[JennysCool]

This was an email sent out by the Obama campaign on Nov. 4 and posted on Free Republic that day.

Interesting how it fits in with your suppositions ...

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“Friend —

This is cool:

You can see exactly how many people named the same as you have already voted.

Take a look at that. Then share it with your friends so they can see how many people with their names have voted, too — and look up their polling place.

Bottom line: We need every person with your name — and everyone else, too — to make it out to the polls to support President Obama.

So help get the word out — and the vote:

http://my.barackobama.com/Your-Name

Thanks,

Yohannes”

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Hmm ...

[mo]

Not to grab this problem by the horns and deal with it...give permission for us to remain disenfranchised.

“Direct” disenfranchisement refers to actions that explicitly prevent people from voting or having their votes counted, as opposed to “indirect” techniques, which attempt to prevent people’s votes from having an impact on political outcomes (e.g., gerrymandering, ballot box stuffing, stripping elected officials of their powers).

http://www.umich.edu/~lawrace/disenfranchise1.htm