(Disclosure: I work for the Courage Campaign)
The Daily Kos community has done it again.
Just before Thanksgiving, UCSB graduate student Steven Attewell (Vikingkingq) wrote a diary on Daily Kos, raising alarm bells about disturbing signature-gathering tactics being used by "California Counts" -- the right-wing organization behind the so-called "Electoral College Reform Initiative" that would help the Republicans steal the White House in 2008 by changing how California allocates its electoral votes.
As Steven discovered, the sneaky signature gatherers working for "California Counts" and Arno Consulting are luring people in to sign using a "children with cancer" bait-and-switch tactic. After getting in touch with Steven, I headed out on campus armed with a camera. I confirmed and documented what Attewell first noticed: that the dirty tricksters had obscured the petitions that students were signing. And I got it on video.
Today, I received a letter from Secretary Bowen's office.
Bowen's letter and Courage Campaign videos are on the flip.
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