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...says that from 2001 to 2006, no voting discrimination cases were brought on behalf of African-American or Native American voters. Instead, he alleges, U.S.attorneys were told to give priority to voter-fraud cases, which civil rights groups have long contended are actually meant to depress voter turnout in minority communities...
...Across the Seine, however, Royal backers remained strangely upbeat despite the defeat, reflecting an optimism born of the renewed engagement with politics among France's citizens reflected in the near-record 85% turnout. "Ségolène has changed the way a lot of us look at politics, and convinced us we can all make a difference," explained Royal voter Teddy Benam, 22, as 5,000 mostly young people danced in front of Socialist Party headquarters after Royal conceded defeat. "Sarkozy won tonight, but we'll be there for the rematch of legislative elections in June. If the left...
France needs change, and needs it desperately. Thankfully, it seems that the French people have got the message: 84 percent of eligible voters went to the polls on Apr. 22 (a historically high number, putting the U.S.’s 55.3 percent turnout rate in the 2004 presidential election to shame) for the first round of voting in the country’s presidential election...
This Sunday, another large turnout is expected for the run-off election as the French choose between the two remaining candidates—Nicolas Sarkozy of the right-of-center Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party and the Socialist Party’s Ségolène Royal. Although we welcome the overwhelming signs of democratic strength in France, only one vote will move the country toward far-reaching reforms that La République requires—a vote for Nicolas Sarkozy...
Clinician Heidi J. Schlehlein, who works in the Care Coordination Department at UHS, said she was pleased with the high turnout, considering the bad weather...