[steve-b]

$6 million for voter education

***SPUTTER*** How much can it cost to print a poster for each polling place? It doesn't call for any fancy graphics -- just a message in clear block letters: IF YOU DO NOT FOLLOW THE SIMPLE DIRECTIONS GIVEN IN THE BOOTH, YOUR VOTE WILL NOT COUNT

[Phantom Lord]

They passed a law in Florida that signs would be posted at polling places saying it was the responsibility of the voter to know the issues, know the candidates, and to take the care to cast a properly filled out ballot.

Well, guess who jumped to have these posters banned... The ACLU! Guess why... the posters are discriminatory to minorities!

I swear to god its true.

[Phantom Lord]

Found an article on it...

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The questions in the Justice Department's letter echo those the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida raised in a federal lawsuit it filed last week in Miami. The group compared the responsibilities' reminder to "study and know candidates and issues" to literacy tests that were used in past generations to prevent African-Americans from voting.

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Full Article

Another... Suit charges Florida election reform violates voting rights

[rightofrush]

***SPUTTER*** How much can it cost to print a poster for each polling place? It doesn't call for any fancy graphics -- just a message in clear block letters: IF YOU DO NOT FOLLOW THE SIMPLE DIRECTIONS GIVEN IN THE BOOTH, YOUR VOTE WILL NOT COUNT

Follow written directions? Unfair to the Democratic base!