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Zalatix

(8,994 posts)
Tue Sep 25, 2012, 07:51 PM Sep 2012

Here's why the Presidential race is going to be close.

Need I say more?

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/24/us-usa-campaign-hispanics-idUSBRE88N01I20120924

Voting laws may disenfranchise 10 million Hispanic U.S. citizens: study

(Reuters) - New voting laws in 23 of the 50 states could keep more than 10 million Hispanic U.S. citizens from registering and voting, a new study said on Sunday, a number so large it could affect the outcome of the November 6 election.

The Latino community accounts for more than 10 percent of eligible voters nationally. But the share in some states is high enough that keeping Hispanic voters away from the polls could shift some hard-fought states from support for Democratic President Barack Obama and help his Republican rival, Mitt Romney.

The new laws include purges of people suspected of not being citizens in 16 states that unfairly target Latinos, the civil rights group Advancement Project said in the study to be formally released on Monday.

Laws in effect in one state and pending in two others require proof of citizenship for voter registration. That imposes onerous and sometimes expensive documentation requirements on voters, especially targeting naturalized American citizens, many of whom are Latino, the liberal group said.

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Here's why the Presidential race is going to be close. (Original Post) Zalatix Sep 2012 OP
k&r... spanone Sep 2012 #1
they only poll registered voters... WCGreen Sep 2012 #2
From what I understand these states are also revoking registrations. Zalatix Sep 2012 #3
 

Zalatix

(8,994 posts)
3. From what I understand these states are also revoking registrations.
Tue Sep 25, 2012, 08:07 PM
Sep 2012

Registered today, disenfranchised tomorrow.

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