Always Republicans

The newest voter suppression tactic in VA - someone's giving Dems fliers telling them that their election day is Nov. 5. It's wrong, of course - Election Day is Nov. 4th (and you should vote early if you can). This brings me to the question - why is it always Republicans? You hear these unfounded accusations of voter fraud against Democrats, but you never hear about voter suppression tactics. Meanwhile, again and again, you hear about Republican maneuvers to erase people from the voting lists, to intimidate voters, and to challenge voters on often flimsy grounds (think foreclosure lists in Michigan, where it turned out a large number of the people listed were still living in their foreclosed-upon homes). My gut reaction is to say that it's because Republicans are slimeballs and Democrats are good and honorable, and truly believe in freedom, but I know too many good Republicans and bad Democrats to really hang my hat on that. Is it, perhaps, just that the Republican voting blocs are not ones that lend themselves to voter suppression? Or that we tend to think our efforts are better spent on trying to reach out to these voters than on suppressing them, even if it's only because it's more efficient?

UPDATE - Florida Governor Charlie Crist, a Republican, has just extended early voting hours in his state, upsetting many others in his party. He says that the right to vote is sacred and that more will be able to exercise that right in his state with the expanded availability of early voting. Good for him - even if it is always Republicans who are suppressing the vote, at least here is one example of a Republican doing the opposite. Crist has also, in the recent past, refused to jump on the "voter fraud" bandwagon.