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Last but not least!
WASHINGTON The Justice Department announced today that it will monitor elections on June 5, 2012, in the following jurisdictions to ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and other federal voting rights statutes: Alameda, Fresno and Riverside Counties, Calif.; Cibola and Sandoval Counties, N.M.; Shannon County, S.D.; and the city of Milwaukee."
http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2012/June/12-crt-709.html
PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)Thanks!!
eowyn_of_rohan
(5,858 posts)In addition, Justice Department personnel will monitor polling place activities in Fresno County, Cibola County and the city of Milwaukee. Civil Rights Division attorneys will coordinate federal activities and maintain contact with local election officials.
Each year, the Justice Department deploys hundreds of federal observers from OPM, as well as departmental staff, to monitor elections across the country. To file complaints about discriminatory voting practices, including acts of harassment or intimidation, voters may call the Voting Section of the Justice Departments Civil Rights Division at 1-800-253-3931.
http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2012/June/12-crt-709.html
Very weird! I can access it from other places but not DU
PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)I'd welcome them here in Waukesha!!
Oh, I see... They're looking for minorities being disenfranchised. Milwaukee makes sense.
eowyn_of_rohan
(5,858 posts)In addition, Justice Department personnel will monitor polling place activities in Fresno County, Cibola County and the city of Milwaukee. Civil Rights Division attorneys will coordinate federal activities and maintain contact with local election officials.
I think it may also have to do with the JB Van Hollen's thug brigade -eg political bias in their selection of locations and potential heavy-handedness ??
postulater
(5,075 posts)disenfranchised but not trying to prevent other types of abuse.
That's all I can think of.
I agree about Waukesha.