Saturday, August 21, 2004

Update on Florida Vote Suppression Tactics

The New York Times reports the Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigation, in which state troopers have gone into the homes of elderly black voters in Orlando in a bizarre hunt for evidence of election fraud, is being conducted despite a finding by the department last May "that there was no basis to support the allegations of election fraud."

What's next? The reinstatement of poll taxes and tests?


UPDATED: Slate investigates Florida corruption and election credibility.

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