Zach Stalberg will be Fresh Air today

A voter intimidation campaign discovered in Philadelphia will be discussed on WHYY’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross. Former Philadelphia Daily News Editor Zach Stalberg who is now President and Chief Executive Officer of the Committee of Seventy will talk about the recent voter intimidation campaign that has been targeting Philadelphia’s African-American neighborhoods. Fliers were distributed anonymously that falsely claimed that anyone with outstanding warrants or unpaid parking tickets could be arrested if they show up at the polls. Fresh Air will also speak with Tova Wang the Vice President of Common Cause. This organization just released  a report titled, Voting in 2008: 10 Swing States. The report examines a variety of problematic practices that have repressed voters in previous elections.

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Fresh Air is heard in Philadelphia on WHYY 91FM at 3:00pm and repeated at 7:00pm

Updated 3:40pm

Here a link to Zach’s interview