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Kerry Calls For Voting Rights for Katrina Victims

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Tuesday, 4 April 2006, 8:01 pm
Press Release: U.S. Senator

WASHINGTON – Today, Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) sent a letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and John Tanner, Chief of the Voting Section at the Department of Justice, urging them to immediately reconsider approval of a voting plan that will disenfranchise tens of thousands of voters in the upcoming Louisiana elections.

Kerry opposes the Department of Justice’s decision to allow the April 22 election in Louisiana to take place without first addressing the fact that tens of thousands of residents – disproportionately African Americans – will be unable to cast their votes.

Link includes copy of letter:
<http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0604/S00074.htm>

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