Chabot wants Voting Rights Act reauthorized, too.
In reaction to Wednesday's Politics Extra item, Todd Lindgren, press secretary to U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot, reminded us that the congressman has "been a leader in the movement to reauthorize the Voting Rights Act,'' as chairman of the House Constitution Subcommittee.
Chabot held 12 bipartisan hearings over eight months -- beginning last year -- on the Voting Rights Act, listening to witnesses from the American Civil Liberties Union, NAACP, Center for Equal Opportunity, Justice Department and others.
The Westwood Republican also helped to draft the legislation to reauthorize the Voting Rights Act for another 25 years, according to Lindgren.
The bill currently has 152 House co-sponsors and 48 Senate co-sponsors. Chabot helped lead the bill through the Judiciary Committee markup and expects Congress to pass the reauthorization well before it expires in 2007, Lindgren said today.
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Post a Comment*The only reason Chabot cares about this is because his district has gotten a lot whiter. The GOP uses African American voter suppression, and not just in Southern states.
Republican Voter Suppression Tactics and Techniques
http://news.mainetoday.com/apwire/D8C6VEF80-236.shtml
Grand jury to reconvene in phone-jamming case
A federal prosecutor said he will reconvene a grand jury in a case involving the jamming of Democratic phone lines in 2002, raising the question of whether more Republicans could be accused.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-07-10-felons-vote-fla_x.htm?POE=click-refer
Florida scraps flawed felon voting list
The purge of felons from voter rolls has been a thorny issue since the 2000 presidential election. A private company hired to identify ineligible voters before the election produced a list with scores of errors, and elections supervisors used it to remove voters without verifying its accuracy.
http://baltimorechronicle.com/070505Miller-Irmus.shtml
Team Bush Paid Millions to Nathan Sproul—and Tried to Hide It
All the payments by the RNC to Sproul add up to a whopping $8,359,161. Where did all that money come from? Why did the RNC suppress their real expenditures? And what exactly did Sproul do for all that pay?
http://www.americavotes.org/press/faq.cfm
GOP operative under fire over voter-registration tactics
Nathan Sproul and his political consulting firm, Sproul & Associates received nearly $526,000 from the Republican National Committee for voter registration efforts and nearly $490,000 for political consulting operating in Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Florida and Nevada is accused of deception and dirty tricks, including destroyed or discarded democratic registration forms.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A707-2004Oct26.html
The GOP's Shameful Vote Strategy
Time was when Republicans were at least embarrassed by their efforts to keep African Americans from the polls. Today's Republicans have elevated vote suppression from a dirty secret to a public norm.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12514-2004Oct30.html
Now They're Registered, Now They're Not
Election Officials Express Dismay at Extent of Misinformation, Variety of Tricks Targeting Voters
Students find their party changed, while residents of several cities report bogus phone calls telling voters their polling location has been changed.
http://www.gregpalast.com/detail.cfm?artid=385&row=0BBC
TV Reveals New Florida Vote Scandal
Republican "Caging List"
GOP denies "caging list" is a plan to disrupt voting in the state's African-American voting districts.
http://www.gregpalast.com/detail.cfm?artid=411&row=0
Jim Crow returns to the voting booth
Does America have apartheid vote counting system?
The challenge to the vote count is over, but the matter of how the United States counts votes, or fails to count them, remains. The ballots left uncounted, and that will never be counted, are so-called spoiled or rejected ballots -- votes cast by citizens, but never tallied are overwhelmingly from African American precincts. This is the dark little secret of U.S. democracy.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=566688
Something rotten in the state of Florida
Pregnant chads, vanishing voters... the election fiasco of 2000 made the Sunshine State a laughing stock. More importantly, it put George Bush in the White House. You'd think they'd want to get it right this time. But no, as Andrew Gumbel discovers, the democratic process is more flawed than ever.
http://www.lancastereaglegazette.com/news/stories/20041001/localnews/1338143.html
Democrats call on Blackwell to resign
By limiting where people can cast a ballot on Election Day and confusing county boards of election about the thickness of voter registration forms, Blackwell is creating barriers to eligible voters. Senate Democrats called for the resignation of Secretary of State Ken Blackwell, accusing him of trying to suppress the vote in Ohio.
http://www.prospect.org/print-friendly/print/V13/23/mcdonald-l.html
The New Poll Tax
Republican-sponsored ballot-security measures are being used to keep minorities from voting
One of the recurring scandals in American politics since passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is the discriminatory use of so-called "ballot security" programs. These programs are invariably presented as good government measures necessary to prevent voter fraud, but far too often they are actually designed to suppress minority voting -- and for nakedly partisan purposes.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28107-2004Oct12.html
Pushing to Be Counted in Fla.
Groups Say That Blacks May Not Be Heard at Polls
Black leaders said the scene at the supervisor's office last week was reminiscent of a blocked schoolhouse door at the height of desegregation. They charge that GOP officials are deliberately using the law to keep black people off the rolls and hinder them from voting.
http://www.dispatch.com/election/election-local.php?story=dispatch/2004/10/22/20041022-A1-00.html
Voters report fake calls
Instructions to change polling place don’t come from board of elections
Franklin County, Ohio residents report suspicous phone calls detailing false precinct changes and absentee ballot requests.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/politics/10050609.htm?1c
NAACP, election officials caution voters of bogus letter
South Carolina officials warn of bogus letter on NAACP letterhead says voters must have a credit check, provide two forms of photo identification, a Social Security card, a voter registration card as well as a handwriting sample.
http://www.indybay.org/news/2004/12/1708672.php
Franklin County Elections Board Targeted Heavily Democratic Precincts
Analysis shows that the distribution of voting machines to precincts was not random but rather was severely discriminating against Democratic precincts, with nearly one out of three Democratic precincts had less voting machines in 2004 than in 2000
http://www.commonwonders.com/archives/col285.htm
Peeling back the mandate
Voting rights are once more at the forefront of the civil rights movement
The civil rights movement is regrouping, just as racism is regrouping, and voting rights are still at the forefront. Peel back George Bush’s grinning “mandate” from November and what you find is a shadow world of widespread anti-democratic maneuvering, harassment and deceit, blatantly targeting African-American and other primarily Democratic voting blocs.
Great Post !!
Too bad, the fishwrap doesn't get enough respect to get readership !!
All those stories are a good reason to reauthorize the Voting Rights Act.
I am glad Steve Chabot is leading the effort to pass the bill.
Great job anonymous! Chabot i for voting rights, like blackwell and bush, as long as it isn't implemented fairly and provides loop holes subject to political manipulation (like texas and ohio gerrymandering districts)
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at 7/07/2006 1:42 AM Anonymous said...
Wow! Your ass-kissing prowess is quite impressive.
Well stated as:
The wRong wing nut stenographers click their heals and march to the tune:
No Rove, state street boys glass ceiling for Me !!
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