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Originally posted by Daradon@Sep 24 2004, 08:00 AM
'Excellent point BBS...there is no biographical information on a ballott whatsoever. When analyzing ballotts it is IMPOSSIBLE to tell whether the voter was black, white, male, female etc. How did they come up with the statistic?'
Uhhh DFF, all the voter informaiton is right there, that's how they get their ballots in the first place... registration. They might not be able to tell WHO you voted for, but they can definitely tell who CAN and CAN'T vote.
As far as jonesy saying I'm smearing, well in reading the article it was my understanding that this rule wasn't USED in the last election. That it was the current administration supporting it. Are you telling me different? A challenge yes, but I'll back down from it if I was wrong.
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The comment wasnt that blacks are ten times more likely to be left off the voter list, it is that they are ten times more likely to have their ballots rejected. The only way this can be proven is if a supposedly secret ballot is being marked or sorted by race.