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November 02, 2004
South Dakota | More on Daschle v. Thune

Blogger John Lauk had live reports from the courtroom.

The latest on the story:

Judge Partially Grants Sen. Daschle Request:

A federal judge partially granted Democratic U.S. Sen. Tom Daschle’s request to limit the activities of Republican poll watchers, after he accused his opponent and the GOP of intimidating American Indian voters.

The decision early Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Lawrence Piersol applies only to voters in Charles Mix County. Traditionally, Indians in South Dakota vote heavily Democratic.

As part of the ruling, Republican poll watchers are prohibited from following American Indian voters out of polling places. They are also prohibited from taking down the license plate numbers of American Indians’ vehicles.

Daschle took his Republican opponent, the South Dakota Republican Party and GOP election observers to court late Monday, alleging intimidation of American Indian voters. He asked for a temporary restraining order to prevent Republicans from doing anything that would “harass, intimidate or discourage voters.”

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Posted by Michele at November 2, 2004 04:57 AM | TrackBack
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Winning wasn’t neccessary : Daschle now has headlines in local papers about GOP intimidation. That there was no evidence shown in court of this doesn’t matter.

Mission accomplished.

Posted by: aebrain [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 2, 2004 05:20 AM

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