Orlando Mayors Race: Blacks Seniors Intimidated, Harrassed at Polls
Friday, July 16, 2004 at 12:37PM
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voter-rights group is accusing state investigators of intimidating
elderly black voters while looking into possible ballot fraud in the
disputed Orlando mayor's race. Buddy Dyer's re-election March 9 has
been dogged by accusations of fraud. The Voter Protection Coalition
said Florida Department of Law Enforcement agents, while contacting
people whose absentee ballots are under question, revealed their
sidearms, spokeswoman Alma Gonzalez said Friday. "You can't do that to
old black people who fought hard for the right to vote and, in fact,
have seen law enforcement utilized in this kind of intimidating and
harassing way through the civil-rights movement," Gonzalez said. [more]
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