“Operation Eagle Eye“
"In the 1960s, William Rehnquist and friends launched “Operation Eagle Eye“ in“Operation Eagle Eye“ the Southwest where they would send “poll watchers“ to threaten and intimidate Native American, Hispanic and Black voters.''
"In the 1960s, William Rehnquist and friends launched “Operation Eagle Eye“ in“Operation Eagle Eye“ the Southwest where they would send “poll watchers“ to threaten and intimidate Native American, Hispanic and Black voters.''
https://twitter.com/Thom_Hartmann/status/1328356801264271362?s=19
From @froomkin
"Goes back decades, past Voter ID in politics, SCOTUS Chief John Robert’s & his mentor William “Operation Eagle Eye” Rhenquist".
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"Goes back decades, past Voter ID in politics, SCOTUS Chief John Robert’s & his mentor William “Operation Eagle Eye” Rhenquist".
politico.com/magazine/story…
"The Republican Party engaged in “Operation Eagle Eye,” a national effort ostensibly aimed at reducing voter fraud that included monitoring polling places, photographing voters, and challenging voters suspected of breaking voting laws. Many of these activities occurred in heavily
Many of these activities occurred in heavily minority precincts and drew protests from the NAACP. Three months after the election, the well‐known African American scholar Henry Lee Moon noted how Republicans in several cities had aimed to reduce African American turnout by ....
... turnout by warning blacks that their votes would not be counted if they had been in trouble with the law on items such as traffic tickets."
An African American worker at the RNC, meanwhile, tried to suppress the black vote for the Democrats by mailing out 1.5 million flyers to African Americans instructing them to write in Martin Luther King Jr.'s name on the ballot.
"Goldwater's desire to sharpen party distinctions worked. Though Republicans in both the House and the Senate had played integral roles in the enactment of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, polls showed that voters perceived a clear difference between the two parties on racial issues."
Goldwaterism Triumphant? Race and the Republican Party, 1965–1968
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Operation Eagle Eye-1964 Presidential Election
Racist History 101: When Arizona Blocked Spanish Speakers From Voting
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Why the 'voter fraud' myth won't die
''The modern crusade against voter fraud started in the civil rights era of the 1960s, with growing anxieties among white politicians and voters over the growing power of black and urban voters.''
''The modern crusade against voter fraud started in the civil rights era of the 1960s, with growing anxieties among white politicians and voters over the growing power of black and urban voters.''
"As historian Rick Perlstein documents, Republicans tapped into -- and inflamed -- these fears with outrageous claims of black voter fraud, which not only riled up the conservative base, but ... facingsouth.org/2010/11/why-th…
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