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Nambe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 09:09 PM
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Dems say recall could disenfranchise (poor and minority) voters
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Democratic Party leaders warned Thursday the Oct. 7 recall election against Gov. Gray Davis could result in Florida- style problems of disenfranchising poor and minority voters, a contention dismissed by recall supporters. ---

"What I fear is what happened to us in Florida when many black and Latino voters were denied the right to vote because of mix- ups," said California Democratic Party Chairman Art Torres. ---

Counties, including Los Angeles County, the state's most populous, are eliminating polling places to save money. In Los Angeles County there were 5,000 polling places in the last countywide election but there will be about half that in the special election, officials said.

"This election may very well be invalidated" because people do not have access to voting booths, Torres said. ---

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