Cases of voter suppression in Virginia being investigated by FBI

You knew this sort of thing would happen in a closely contested state.  In Virginia, the FBI is now investigating some suspicious phone calls that have been made to confuse people about voting day -- one call even threatening to arrest people if they showed up:

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is lookinginto the possibility of voter intimidation in the U.S. Senate racebetween Sen. George Allen, a Republican, and Democratic challengerJames Webb, officials told NBC News.

Stateofficials alerted the Justice Department on Tuesday to severalcomplaints of suspicious phone calls to voters who attempted tomisdirect or confuse them about election day, Jean Jensen, Secretary ofthe Virginia State Board of Elections, told NBC’s David Shuster.

Jensen told NBC that she had been contacted by FBI agents. The FBI in Richmond refused to comment.

State Democratic Party counsel Jay Myersonsaid in a written statement issued by the Webb campaign that hebelieved Republicans are behind an orchestrated effort to suppressvotes for the Democratic challenger.

Republicanofficials, including the executive director of the Virginia RepublicanParty, have told NBC that the GOP and Allen campaign are focused onmobilizing voters and have not discouraged anyone from voting.

Inthe Washington, D.C., area, NBC affiliate News4 reported on its Website that it had received e-mail from a viewer in Virginia who said hereceived a phone call from so-called volunteers threatening voters witharrest if they cast ballots.

It's worse than you think!  On the NBC4 web site, it says that fliers have been distributed into African-American communities in Virginia telling them to "Skip This Election."

I will keep my eye on all this.

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