Blacks Prevented from Voting in New Orleans Sept. 18 Election
Saturday, September 25, 2004 at 06:20PM
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Some voting sites did not have Voting machines until 3 p.m. Polls closed at 8 p.m.
Two civil rights groups have asked the U.S. Justice
Department to investigate the Sept. 18 elections in New Orleans, saying
voting machine problems prevented up to 58,000 voters, many of them
black, from casting ballots. New Orleans, where nearly 70 percent of
voters are black, was the only part of the state where voting machines
were not delivered on time in the election. Voters cast ballots in a
number of local elections, plus a statewide constitutional amendment to
ban gay marriage. The NAACP and ACORN, which represents the poor, said
in a letter to the Justice Department that a federal investigation is
required "in light of possible violations" of the Voting Rights Act.
Polls opened at 6 a.m. in the election, but some voting sites did not
have machines until 3 p.m. Polls closed at 8 p.m.[more ]
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