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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. |