Scott Leiendecker
Leiendecker Caught Red-Handed in Voter Intimidation Ploy
Last week, St. Louis City Republican election director Scotty Leiendecker was boldly sending letters to individuals whom the organization ACORN had registered to vote. Leiendecker's letter informed those newly registered voters --primarily black voters-- that each had to take further steps to prove that the registration was not "fraudulent." Today Leiendecker is quickly slithering away from his previous stance by retracting the letters and simultaneously laying bare the intent to intimidate and suppress voters which animated his earlier letter.
Leiendecker's letter to new voters was pointed in its message. It included the instruction (emphasis in original):
Please call the Registration Department at 622-4336 promptly upon receipt of this letter, but no later than November 1, 2006, to insure that your Application is complete and you are eligible to vote on November 7.
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