Reply #123: Here are some links

[kath]

There's no question that they're going to find widespread voter disenfranchisement, voter intimidation, voter suppression, not only in Florida, but also in Tennessee. I was in Nashville, and people complained that they registered to vote, they did it the right way, and somehow or another between the motor vehicle office and the voter registration office no one turned in certain precincts to the right officials to make sure those names were on the rolls.

http://dir.salon.com/story/politics/feature/2002/05/22/election/index.html

Intimidation and disenfranchisement of Blacks in the presidential election wasn't limited to Florida. Equally egregious violations were swept under the rug in Tennessee.

http://www.alternet.org/story/10589/

Improving Democracy: Voting Rights in the South http://www.democracysouth.org/improving/rights-disenfranchisement.html

U.S. Justice officials examine complaints about unfair treatment at Tennessee polls http://www.tennessean.com/local/archives/01/04/03966405.shtml

Florida, however, was not alone in the problems of Election 2000. Allegations of voter disenfranchisement and irregularities have surfaced in other states, as well. In Tennessee, the right to vote for thousands of citizens was thwarted by actions taken by elections officials such as telling people they could not vote without voter registration cards (this is not a requirement to vote in Tennessee); voting sites suddenly closed without warning on election day; people who had NAACP stickers on their cars were told to take them off or leave; people who had registered to vote through the DMV were told they could not vote because they were not officially registered; voter registration books missing or pages missing; poll opening times were changed in some areas from 7:00 a.m. to 8 or 9:00 a.m. without notifying voters. At Tennessee State University, many students were told they could not vote even though they were registered.

Much of this evidence has been collected by the Tennessee Voter Empowerment Team, the state branches of the NAACP and Catherine Danielson. Reports are still emerging and, according to Catherine Danielson, the Department of Justice is presently in Nashville investigating these allegations, which largely affected voters in minority precincts (The Tennessean, April 4, 2001). The national NAACP will be conducting hearings, as well, at Fisk University regarding the irregularities of Election 2000. The date for these hearings has not yet been set as of this writing, but if you would like further information regarding this you can contact the Nashville NAACP office at 1308 Jefferson Street, Nashville, TN 37208; phone [phone].

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