Bush Seeks Limit to Suits Over Voting Rights
By David G. Savage and Richard B. Schmitt
The Los Angeles Times
Friday 29 October 2004
Administration lawyers argue that only the Justice Department, not the voters, may sue to enforce provisions in the Help America Vote Act.
Washington - Bush administration lawyers argued in three closely contested states last week that only the Justice Department, and not voters themselves, may sue to enforce the voting rights set out in the Help America Vote Act, which was passed in the aftermath of the disputed 2000 election.
Veteran voting-rights lawyers expressed surprise at the government's action, saying that closing the courthouse door to aspiring voters would reverse decades of precedent.
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*sigh*Granted, I voted absentee already, but this is REDICULOUS!!
By David G. Savage and Richard B. Schmitt
The Los Angeles Times
Friday 29 October 2004
Administration lawyers argue that only the Justice Department, not the voters, may sue to enforce provisions in the Help America Vote Act.
Washington - Bush administration lawyers argued in three closely contested states last week that only the Justice Department, and not voters themselves, may sue to enforce the voting rights set out in the Help America Vote Act, which was passed in the aftermath of the disputed 2000 election.
Veteran voting-rights lawyers expressed surprise at the government's action, saying that closing the courthouse door to aspiring voters would reverse decades of precedent.
(For more, click here .)
*sigh*Granted, I voted absentee already, but this is REDICULOUS!!