When I came across a story about several people around the world trying to trick voters, I had to read through and was appalled by the information I found relating to the lengths people had gone to in order to convince the public to vote in a different direction, or scare them into voting by threatening them with certain things.

It was interesting to see what lows people will stoop to in order to ensure votes for their favorite candidate, and in an election as important as this one, especially with an african american candidate, there have been several negative racial issues surrounding the upcoming election day.  Several people in different parts of the United States were trying very hard to wean down the votes for Barack Obama, taking the racial path and stating that he had been linked to the Holocaust,(stated by anonymous email in Pennsylvania) that he was more focused on Palestinians than to Israel, and trying to confuse them by making anonymous phone calls notifying the public to cast their ballots over the phone, or that the voting will take place on two seperate days.

Due to the overwhelming turnout of voters, many people are doing all they can to influence people to vote a certain way.  As stated in the article, it is a crime to try and indimidate and harass people into voting a certain way, but with anonymous phone calls as well as emails, it is difficult to be traced back to one person.  It was alarming to see what people would do in order to have their candidate win, and sad because you realize how much of a riot the election could cause the world, should Obama win.  First time voters are trying to support the candidate they feel would do best, but it also leaves a scary outcome, due to the affect the public will have and how we will make it as a whole, with all this anger and deciet already coming about.  Despite everything, the hostility people have within them could remain, and grow to an eve

Despite who wins, the outcome will cause hostility from many people around the world.

n greater extent, depending on who is elected.