{"id":1326,"date":"2007-04-19T12:30:45","date_gmt":"2007-04-19T18:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=1326"},"modified":"2017-06-06T07:17:22","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T13:17:22","slug":"administration-tried-to-curb-election-turnout-in-key-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/04\/administration-tried-to-curb-election-turnout-in-key-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Administration Tried to Curb Election Turnout in Key States"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"imagelink\"  href=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/acfbf0a1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/acfbf0a.thumbnail1.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>By Greg Gordon, McClatchy-Tribune<\/p>\n<p>For six years, the Bush administration, aided by Justice Department political appointees, has pursued an aggressive legal effort to restrict voter turnout in key battleground states in ways that favor Republican political candidates, according to former department lawyers and a review of written records.<\/p>\n<p>The administration intensified its efforts last year as President Bush&#8217;s popularity and Republican support eroded heading into a midterm battle for control of Congress, which the Democrats won.<\/p>\n<p>Facing nationwide voter registration drives by Democratic-leaning groups, the administration alleged widespread election fraud and endorsed proposals for tougher state and federal voter identification laws. Presidential political adviser Karl Rove alluded to the strategy in April 2006 when he railed about voter fraud in a speech to the Republican National Lawyers Association.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Greg Gordon, McClatchy-Tribune For six years, the Bush administration, aided by Justice Department political appointees, has pursued an aggressive legal effort to restrict voter turnout in key battleground states in ways that favor Republican political candidates, according to former department lawyers and a review of written records. 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