PFAW and NAACP join forces to stop voter disenfranchisement

[AspenRose]

I just heard about this on AAR top of the hour news so I googled Julian Bond in news and found this press release:

http://www.commondreams.org/news2004/0824-09.htm

WASHINGTON - August 24 - A report that documents recent examples of voter intimidation and suppression strategies will be released on Wednesday at a press conference by the report’s co-publishers, People For the American Way Foundation and the NAACP. The Long Shadow of Jim Crow: Voter Intimidation and Suppression in America makes clear that the vestiges of voter intimidation, oppression and suppression were not swept away by the Voting Rights Act or by subsequent efforts to enforce it.

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PFAWF and the NAACP are among more than 60 civil rights and other public interest organizations carrying out the efforts of the nonpartisan Election Protection coalition across the country this fall, including the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, America’s Families United’s Voter Protection Project, the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, the Advancement Project, and the League of United Latin American Citizens. Election Protection is designed to identify potential problems, educate voters about their rights, monitor polling places in areas at high risk of disenfranchisement, and provide advice and legal assistance to voters through a toll-free Election Protection Hotline (1-866-OUR-VOTE). The nonpartisan Election Protection coalition will be on the ground in more than 3,500 African American and Latino precincts in at least 17 states and will mobilize 25,000 volunteers, including 5,000 lawyers.

Also see:
http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oId=12711

[AspenRose]

1. Kick

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[blondeatlast]

2. We know what they are capapble of, we need to

keep some light on this.

As Dem voters we need to notice what is happening at our precincts as we vote.

We, the people, can't let them steal anyone's vote--AGAIN.

[AspenRose]

3. Kick again

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