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http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-06-21/news/sns-rt-us-usa-voting-floridabre85k1ul-20120621_1_early-voting-voting-rules-voter-fraudWASHINGTON (Reuters) - New rules in Florida that cut back on early voting hours unfairly burden the state's minorities, U.S. Justice Department lawyers argued on Thursday.
A three-judge District Court panel in Washington, D.C., heard nearly six hours of arguments from the Justice Department and Florida, which last year passed a series of measures its attorneys say will stave off voter fraud.
The changes would require people who moved counties to file provisional ballots, allow counties to adjust voter precinct hours and reduce the number of early voting days.
During the 2008 election, about 55 percent of black voters cast their ballots during the early voting period that would be reduced under the law, according to data from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
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Florida voting rules discriminate, Justice Dept says (Original Post)
steve2470
Jun 2012
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rocktivity
(44,576 posts)1. And the GOP is going after DOJ with both barrels -- coincidence?
sakabatou
(42,155 posts)2. Well duh!
That's what the GOP wants!
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)4. took the words out of my mouth.
polichick
(37,152 posts)3. How about some arrests?