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==Examples of voter intimidation==
==Examples of voter intimidation==
*In 1984, A group of followers of [[Osho (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh)|Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh]] had hoped to incapacitate the voting population of [[The Dalles, Oregon]] so that their own candidates would win the 1984 [[Wasco County, Oregon|Wasco County]] elections. They poisoned 751 individuals through the deliberate contamination of [[salad bar]]s at ten local restaurants with [[salmonella]].<ref name="flaccus">{{cite news | last =Flaccus | first =Gillian | title =Ore. Town Never Recovered From Scare | agency =Associated Press | date =October 19, 2001}}</ref> The incident was the first, and single largest [[bioterrorism|bioterrorist]] attack in United States history.<ref name="healthexperts">{{cite news | last =Scripps Howard News Service | title =Health experts fear bioterror attack | work =Grand Rapids Press | page =G1 | date =January 28, 2007| quote = A total of 751 people, including members of the Wasco County Commission, became ill with nausea, diarrhea, headaches and fever. Forty-five people were hospitalized, but no one died. It was the first, and still the largest, germ-warfare attack in U.S. history.}}</ref><ref name="lewis">{{cite web | last =Lewis | first =Susan K | title =History of Biowarfare: Bioterror, The Cults | work =Nova Online Website | publisher =[[WGBH-TV|WGBH]]/[[NOVA (TV series)|NOVA]] | date =November 2001 | url =http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bioterror/hist_nf.html#cult | accessdate =November 23, 2007 | archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20071209163344/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bioterror/hist_nf.html| archivedate= 9 December 2007 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> The Dalles Oregon attack is one of only two confirmed terrorist uses of [[biological weapons]] to harm humans.<ref name="wheelis">{{cite book | last =Wheelis | first =Mark | coauthors =Lajos Rózsa, Malcolm Dando | title =Deadly Cultures: Biological Weapons Since 1945 | publisher =Harvard University Press | year =2006 | pages =Pages 284–293, 301–303 | isbn = 0-674-01699-8}}</ref>
*In 1984, A group of followers of [[Osho (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh)|Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh]] had hoped to incapacitate the voting population of The Dalles, [[Oregon]] so that their own candidates would win the 1984 [[Wasco County, Oregon|Wasco County]] elections. They poisoned 751 individuals through the deliberate contamination of [[salad bar]]s at ten local restaurants with [[salmonella]].<ref name="flaccus">{{cite news | last =Flaccus | first =Gillian | title =Ore. Town Never Recovered From Scare | agency =Associated Press | date =October 19, 2001}}</ref> The incident was the first, and single largest [[bioterrorism|bioterrorist]] attack in United States history.<ref name="healthexperts">{{cite news | last =Scripps Howard News Service | title =Health experts fear bioterror attack | work =Grand Rapids Press | page =G1 | date =January 28, 2007| quote = A total of 751 people, including members of the Wasco County Commission, became ill with nausea, diarrhea, headaches and fever. Forty-five people were hospitalized, but no one died. It was the first, and still the largest, germ-warfare attack in U.S. history.}}</ref><ref name="lewis">{{cite web | last =Lewis | first =Susan K | title =History of Biowarfare: Bioterror, The Cults | work =Nova Online Website | publisher =[[WGBH-TV|WGBH]]/[[NOVA (TV series)|NOVA]] | date =November 2001 | url =http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bioterror/hist_nf.html#cult | accessdate =November 23, 2007 | archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20071209163344/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bioterror/hist_nf.html| archivedate= 9 December 2007 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> The Dalles Oregon attack is one of only two confirmed terrorist uses of [[biological weapons]] to harm humans.<ref name="wheelis">{{cite book | last =Wheelis | first =Mark | coauthors =Lajos Rózsa, Malcolm Dando | title =Deadly Cultures: Biological Weapons Since 1945 | publisher =Harvard University Press | year =2006 | pages =Pages 284–293, 301–303 | isbn = 0-674-01699-8}}</ref>
*In Gilbert, Arizona, a wife ran over her husband with an SUV after she discovered that he had not voted in the November 2012 general election.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wusa9.com/news/article/229477/283/Report-Ariz-Woman-Runs-Over-Husband-For-Not-Voting?odyssey=obinsite|title=Police say Holly Solomon, 28, chased after her husband, 36-year-old Daniel Solomon, in a Jeep Saturday night after he didn't vote in Gilbert, Arizona|date=November 13, 2012|work=WUSA News|accessdate=November 16, 2012}}</ref>
*In Gilbert, Arizona, a wife ran over her husband with an SUV after she discovered that he had not voted in the November 2012 general election.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wusa9.com/news/article/229477/283/Report-Ariz-Woman-Runs-Over-Husband-For-Not-Voting?odyssey=obinsite|title=Police say Holly Solomon, 28, chased after her husband, 36-year-old Daniel Solomon, in a Jeep Saturday night after he didn't vote in Gilbert, Arizona|date=November 13, 2012|work=WUSA News|accessdate=November 16, 2012}}</ref>
*In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, two members of the [[New Black Panther Party]] intimidated several white voters at a polling office during the 2008 election cycle. This was eventually videotaped and placed onto YouTube, leading to a scandal when Eric Holder refused to prosecute them for violating the Voting Rights Act.
*In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, two members of the [[New Black Panther Party]] intimidated several white voters at a polling office during the 2008 election cycle. This was eventually videotaped and placed onto YouTube, leading to a scandal when Eric Holder refused to prosecute them for violating the Voting Rights Act.