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...Bush team, however, is not going out without a fight. In addition to their positive outreach to black ministers, the Republicans have attempted all manner of voter suppression techniques in order to stifle black turnout. Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell (a black man himself) attempted to revive an archaic rule requiring that voter registration cards be printed only on thick, 80-pound paper. People for the American Way, part of a coalition of 60 civil rights organizations, have protested the “unduly burdensome and costly regulation that will…disenfranchise some voters at time...
Hopefully, this voter suppression will go the way of poll taxes and grandfather clauses, but for right now, I do not think it will matter tomorrow. Black turnout will be record-breaking, and all of the 80-pound paper in Ohio cannot stop black voters from being the deciding factor in removing Bush from office. Either way, this election may well be dragged out over the course of a few months as lawsuits over balloting and voter suppression will be decided all over the nation. In the end, however, black voters will have carried Kerry to victory and he will...
...seems to me the fact that voter turnout is usually extremely low, especially amongst the younger voter, should be considered a problem. Until the youth vote becomes more of a significant factor, politicians will continue to neglect the issues that are most important to us. To “fervently hope” that younger voters will “continue to be simply too lazy to show up at the polls” is not only ridiculous, but also borders on the unconstitutional. To imply that the country would “loose...
While recent decades have seen a steady decline in youth turnout, a recent IOP poll reported that 72 percent of college students said they will “definitely” vote in this election, compared to 50 percent...
...office—ever. Yet the Crimson focused on the fact that this number was down from last year. When the new council was elected, the Crimson article was not about the newly elected representatives, the pressing new business before the council, or the record voter turnout. The article focused on the fact that a council leader had not been re-elected. Time and again, I have been disappointed by the Crimson’s coverage of the council. This latest editorial is no exception...