BREAKING: More states hit by GOP effort to suppress vote with fake phone calls pretending to be Dem candidates

As Nancy Boyda (D-KS) says right on her campaign site, below: Nothing will change until WE change Congress.



This is turning into a major story as numerous instances of Republican phone fraud are popping up around the country in the final days before the election. And it's being funded by the Republican party here in Washington, DC.

The Republicans appear to have a nationwide program of making fake phone calls appearing to be from local Democratic candidates in order to harass people in their homes. The result? The persona harassed by repeated calls from the supposed Dem candidate (apparently they keep calling you over and over again all night long) no longer wants to vote for the Dem candidate who is harassing them at home. Of course, the public doesn't know that it's really the Republican party pretending to be a Democrat.

Enough of this crap. The Republicans are trying to steal the election with more of their corruption. Every single Republican candidate should be called on to repudiate these tactics and demand they cease immediately. And when the Democrats take over Congress on Tuesday, we need to pass legislation stopping everyone from doing these kind of sleazy efforts to nullify the legitimate votes of Americans. Regardless of the party, there needs to be a sufficient penalty that this never happens again.

(Hat tip, Talking Points Memo.)