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Default Re: Federal judge considers postponing California recall election

On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 00:38:01 GMT,
snowball2002@bigfoot.com.spamalamadingdong (Lone Ranger) wrote:

>http://www.nbc11.com/politics/2409513/detail.html
>
>A federal judge on Friday was considering postponing California's
>Oct. 7 recall vote after civil rights groups argued that the hurry-up
>election is forcing changes in the voting process that require federal
>approval.

(...)
>Monterey, with its large Hispanic population and history of low
>turnout among Hispanics, is one of four California counties subject to
>the "pre-clearance" requirement under the Voting Rights Act. The
>others are Merced, Kings and Yuba.
>
>The 1965 law was intended to prevent the various means that had been
>used in the South to disenfranchise black voters, such as changes in
>polling stations or other requirements imposed on voters just before
>Election Day.
>
>The cases are Oliverez v. California, 03-3658 and Salazar v. Monterey
>County, 03-03584.



Tell me again that the spics don't control Mexicali-fornia, I don't
think I heard it correctly the first time.
 
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