Archive for November, 2007

Vote suppression in Florida

November 20, 2007

From TPM (http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/004751.php )

http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071118/NEWS0107/711180401/1075
County election officials say the number of voters lost through Florida’s central registration system is small — 90 percent of applications get voter cards.
The result is applications from more than 43,000 Floridians hoping to become eligible voters over the past 21 months were rejected by state computer programs and kicked [...]

South Bend Greens cite de facto “poll tax”

November 20, 2007

November 20, 2007
Greens cite de facto “poll tax”
Full, accurate count of all the votes will cost thousands of dollars
Green candidates for municipal offices in last week’s election today said their offer of volunteer help in securing a full, accurate count of all write-in votes was rejected by St. Joseph County Election Board chairperson James Korpal. [...]

Vote suppression by ID…

November 14, 2007

 21.8% of black Indiana voters do not have access to a valid photo ID (compared to 15.8% of white Indiana voters – a 6 point gap).
 When non-registered eligible voter responses are included – the gap widens. 28.3% of eligible black voters in the State of Indiana to not have valid photo ID (compared to 16.8% [...]