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Whites Faced Election Bias In Mississippi, Judge Rules [Democrats guilty of discrimination]
Washington Post ^ | June 30, 2007

Posted on 06/30/2007 8:24:50 PM PDT by grundle

JACKSON, Miss., June 29 -- The head of a Mississippi Democratic Party organization illegally suppressed white residents' votes, a federal judge ruled Friday in the first case filed by the Justice Department alleging that whites were subjected to voting discrimination based on their race.

U.S. District Judge Tom S. Lee ruled that Ike Brown, chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee of Noxubee County, violated the Voting Rights Act by issuing different procedures for collecting and counting absentee ballots from white and black voters. The executive committee, also found liable in the case, is responsible for administering Democratic primaries in the county.

There was "ample direct and circumstantial evidence of an intent to discriminate against white voters which has manifested itself through practices designed to deny and/or dilute the voting rights of white voters in Noxubee County," Lee's ruling said.

Brown, who is black, has been chairman of the committee since 2000. He argued at trial that the government's suit was a perversion of the voting rights law and said it was "preposterous" that the Justice Department would claim that blacks, who faced 135 years of discrimination by whites in the state, are now oppressing whites.

The judge said he will consider a remedy at a later date.

Wan J. Kim, the assistant attorney general in charge of the Justice Department's civil rights division, praised the decision.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Politics/Elections; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: govwatch; racism; ratcrime; votefraud; voterfraud; votingrightsact

1 posted on 06/30/2007 8:24:51 PM PDT by grundle
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To: grundle
I was voting in Mississippi at that time, so where’s my reparations? LOL
2 posted on 06/30/2007 8:26:29 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Fred Thompson/John Bolton 2008)
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To: grundle
said it was "preposterous" that the Justice Department would claim that blacks, who faced 135 years of discrimination by whites in the state, are now oppressing whites

Oh, please. That race card is getting pretty old and tattered.

3 posted on 06/30/2007 8:33:33 PM PDT by hsalaw
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To: everyone

A skimpy wire story on page 10.

Repeat after me: “On Animal Farm, some animals are more equal than others.”


4 posted on 06/30/2007 8:35:43 PM PDT by California Patriot ("That's not Charley the Tuna out there. It's Jaws." -- Richard Nixon)
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To: hsalaw
Yeah... the Democrats are back to their old voter suppression tools... only this time white conservative voters are the targets.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

5 posted on 06/30/2007 8:37:49 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: hsalaw
That race card is getting pretty old and tattered.

True, but it's likely he actually believes it. It's gospel on the left that discrimination can only flow from the powerful (assumed to be white males) to the powerless (anyone other than white males).

That it makes no sense doesn't concern them a bit.

6 posted on 06/30/2007 8:42:42 PM PDT by irv
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To: grundle
Brown, who is black, has been chairman of the committee since 2000. He argued at trial that the government's suit was a perversion of the voting rights law and said it was "preposterous" that the Justice Department would claim that blacks, who faced 135 years of discrimination by whites in the state, are now oppressing whites.

“preposterous”,???... oh puuulease, did ANYONE actually think this would not happen?







Anyone?

7 posted on 06/30/2007 8:46:50 PM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: irv

When I started a new job a year ago, the HR dept. asked if anyone knew what discrimination was. I answered that it’s oppression of one group by another group. Nope. It’s oppression by white people (those who have the power) against a minority. All the race cards are in a stacked deck.


8 posted on 06/30/2007 8:57:53 PM PDT by originalbuckeye (I want a hero....I'm holding out for a hero (politically))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I thought about Mississippi, where are my reparations?


9 posted on 06/30/2007 9:09:17 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

No justice, no peas !


10 posted on 06/30/2007 9:20:39 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
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To: goldstategop

It’s going to happen in 2008 in a big way in WA state. Now we’re going to all mail in voting, so I expect alot of “lost” ballots from eastern washington and a lot of “found” ballots in King county like they did in 2004.


11 posted on 06/30/2007 9:37:41 PM PDT by boop
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To: grundle

So where is Jessie Jacka$$on and his buddy Al Sharpturd? I thought they were all about disenfranchized voters... Send in the NAACP (CCCP?), and the ACLU...errr...oh... it’s just old “The Man” Whitey getting the shaft? Nevermind.


12 posted on 06/30/2007 10:03:21 PM PDT by TheBattman (I've got TWO QUESTIONS for you....)
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To: grundle
He argued at trial that the government's suit was a perversion of the voting rights law and said it was "preposterous" that the Justice Department would claim that blacks, who faced 135 years of discrimination by whites in the state, are now oppressing whites.

I wouldn't call that "preposterous" - I'd call that "motive".

13 posted on 06/30/2007 10:37:29 PM PDT by Wil H (Islam - the religion of perpetual outrage.)
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To: grundle

Whites Faced Election Bias In Mississippi, Judge Rules [Democrats guilty of discrimination]

lib/dems discriminating.....never could happen...they are the party of the people....illegals/criminals/gays/....they are not the party of law abiding tax paying americans!!!!...but the lib/dems do want all of their money!!!


14 posted on 07/01/2007 5:52:30 AM PDT by nyyankeefan
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

40 acres and a mule for white people! :-)


15 posted on 07/01/2007 5:57:31 AM PDT by lowbridge (If You’re Gonna Burn Our Flag, Wrap Yourself in It First /No Oil for Pacifists)
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To: originalbuckeye
When I started a new job a year ago, the HR dept. asked if anyone knew what discrimination was. I answered that it’s oppression of one group by another group. Nope. It’s oppression by white people (those who have the power) against a minority. All the race cards are in a stacked deck.

The liberal mantra is that you can only discriminate if you have power

My response is that, on a deserted street at midnight, a couple of armed black gang bangers have all the power in the world over a white couple

16 posted on 07/01/2007 6:08:37 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (Open Season rocks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymLJz3N8ayI)
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To: grundle

Will da Revs JJ and Al dance around in the streets protesting?
I doubt it.


17 posted on 07/01/2007 6:21:09 AM PDT by Leftism is Mentally Deranged
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This can’t be true, we all know that white men are the only ones that can be “racists”.


18 posted on 07/01/2007 6:23:28 AM PDT by unixfox (The 13th Amendment Abolished Slavery, The 16th Amendment Reinstated It !)
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To: grundle

Let’s march...hand me my pack a Cools.....and bitc_ check da mail fo my check....


19 posted on 07/01/2007 6:39:23 AM PDT by cbkaty (I may not always post...but I am always here......)
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To: unixfox
Sadly, apparently, that’s the law now. Or at least it’s what the HR Dept's believe to be the law.
20 posted on 07/01/2007 8:39:25 AM PDT by originalbuckeye (I want a hero....I'm holding out for a hero (politically))
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