was that the Republians mail as many African-Americans as they can lay their grubby little protuberances on, telling them that if they turn up to vote, they'll be checked for any outstanding warrants, fines, etc, etc, and will be basically arrested on the spot if any are found.

ie: better for the republicans that they don't vote at all, rather than vote Democrat.

I'd say it was shocking, but it's polticians we're talking about. And this is just a 'my friend said...' story, I've not read about it anywhere.