Internet now a voter disenfranchisement tool

05.11.2008
Due to a reporting error, the story "Internet now a voter disenfranchisement tool," posted Tuesday, misidentified the spokesman for the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. The spokesman is Jon Greenbaum. The story has been corrected on the wire and the third and sixth paragraphs now read as follows:

But this year these dirty tricks have expanded. In a conference call with media on Tuesday, Jon Greenbaum, a spokesman with the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, said that these tactics are on the rise in 2008. "We're surprised at how ubiquitous it's become and how sophisticated it's become," he said.

One of these messages was posted on the for Missouri State University, Greenbaum said.