Tea party needs to be neighborly
Some people want to use the get out the vote grassroots-organizing expertise of the activist group Neighbor to Neighbor as an excuse to suppress voter participation by claiming voter fraud and then trying to push through legislation making voting less accessible.
... Neighbor to Neighbor, built on a foundation of strong, persistent and successful political grass-roots organizing, primarily in low-income and under-represented communities, has become a major player in political races...The group's power has grown exponentially as the overall participation in the voting process has declined over the years... makes friends of politicians it endorses and enemies of those it does not. [Full Article: Worcester Telegram & Gazette]
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