At least in digital terms, Florida calmed down today.
Allegations of fraud in the city of Racine during the June 5 Wisconsin recall election have been bubbling up among conservative Twitter users, while most of the political Twittersphere has been consumed with the campaign collision that finds both President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaking on the economy in the battlefield formerly known as Ohio.
We have some gems today in the digital divide — charts and graphs from the Pew Center on the States, anyone? — and we’ll have more on Twitter trends at the close.
What We’ve Been Reading
“Voters Without ID In Wisconsin,” (Report, 06/14, Pew Center on the States)
“Rubio: Florida voter purge not about Hispanics,” (Maggie Haberman, 06/13, Politico)
“Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Places Expiration Date on Democracy,” (Brentin Mock, 06/14, The Nation)
“W&W hired to defend State in Voter ID challenge,” (Patrick Thornton, 06/14, MinnLawyer Blog)
“Dred Scott 2.0 — The Voting Edition,” (Marcus Bright, 06/14, Huffington Post BlackVoices)
“New Hampshire Governor Faces Stark Choice on Student Voting Rights,” (Dan Vicuna, 06/14, CampusVote Project)
“Curious Election Documents Found in Dumpster in Racine, Sheriff’s Department Investigating,” (MacIver News Service, 06/14, MacIver Institute)
Twitter Trends
The most notable trend on Twitter as of late is the circulation of a Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee petition against what Democrats call Republican voter suppression tactics.
It’s one of many petitions — on both sides of the proverbial political aisle — that seem to circulate every few days. Our regular inputs on social media search engine Topsy.com always generate one of many digital petitions to support or stop Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s voter purge, which makes us wonder — do the politicians and public figures at the heart of these petitions ever even read them? Or is Twitter activism just a new form of political inaction?
Most of our regular trend-setters are focused on the Obama-Romney economic rumble in Ohio, so we’ll be sure to let you know when the digerati are angry about voting rights again.
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