20061107 Dems Accuse Maryland GOP Of Dirty Tricks

Dems Accuse Maryland GOP Of Dirty Tricks

According to WBAL Radio: Dems Accuse Maryland GOP Of Dirty Tricks

And Jousting for Justice is well - - unhappy…

Crablaw is reporting Live…: Live from the Maryland Republican Party party…

Tuesday, November 07, 2006 WBAL Radio

The Maryland Democratic party says Michael Steele and Bob Ehrlich hit an all time low in American politics, accusing them of distributing misleading sample ballots that pretend Ehrlich-Steele are Democrats and that Jack Johnson and Kweisi Mfume endorsed both of them.

Party chairman Terry Lierman calls it "shameless fraud."

Shareese DeLeaver, a spokesperson for the Ehrlich campaign told the Washington Post the flier was intended to convey Ehrlich's support for Johnson, not the other way around.

"Given the county executive's tight race in the primary, it's unfortunate that he does not appreciate the campaign's expression of support for his reelection bid," she said.

The Democrats also allege Steele's campaign hired buses to pick up workers at homeless shelters in Philadelphia and ship them to Maryland. The party press release included a link to a video posted on the internet, alleged to be a video of a poll worker who came from Philadelphia and who said that he met Michael Steele last night.

An article in the Gazette newspaper quotes two of the men, Gary Swimpson and Leon Watson, as saying the Steele campaign came to their homeless shelter in Philadelphia in the wee hours of Tuesday, offering $100, donuts and coffee for anyone willing to work the polls on Election Day.

I guess we will need to keep checking with WBAL for updates…

####