oh it gets better :) check out the following link, especially the last paragraph (!)
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/17532.html By the way, I heard an interesting discussion on KUNM the other day. Apparently they are having problems on the Navaho reservation with the ID requirements in Arizona, especially for the more traditional tribal members, who typically don't have electricity and often don't drive a car or have a bank account. It seems that the tribe tried to issue tribal ids to avoid the issue -- it does not at the moment issue them -- but the feds would not approve this. A story about the Arizona requirements: http://www.navajo.org/images/pdf%20releases/KFrancisPR/sept06/Identification%20required%20to%20vote%20in%20Arizona%20Primary%20today.pdf http://www.navajo.org/News%20Releases/Joshua%20Lavar%20Butler/July08/Navajo_Woman_awarded_for_contesting_Prop_200_Law.pdf Things are somewhat better in New Mexico (the Navaho reservation straddles the state line) where there is also a court case alleging that Native American voters were systematically purged or simply not registered, and faced problems voting even after they overcame those hurdles. http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/voting/sec_203/documents/cibola_amendedcomp07.pdf Just saying -- those people who are saying that the only obstacle to voting is ignorance are themselves rather ignorant. On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 11:22 AM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>oh and as to this, it remains to be seen. In the last election there >>was quite and effective voter suppression effort around here and it >>looks as though the GOP is at it again. They apparently are >>"investigating" new voters. I don't mean trying to verify citizenship, >>which might be defensible, I guess -- I'm talking about cop-looking >>guys showing up at the door of elderly women and asking them why they >>registered to vote. >> >>This might not seem important until you realize that the margin of >>victory is alway paper-thin in new mexico. Though that attitude would >>also n my opinion not give enough weight to the right those elderly >>women do have to cast a ballot. > Nice it of voter intimidation that. What's next, searches at polling places? > Loyalty oaths? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:276653 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
