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...Rural areas saw huge growth in Hispanic populations, but so did cities and suburbs. By the end of this year, four of the eight largest U.S. cities may have Hispanic mayors. "It's the only part of the electorate that's growing," says Antonio Gonzalez, president of the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project...
During the public comment period, supporters of the measure said that lowering the voting age would encourage more youth voter participation, educating students about the election process so that they would continue to participate in the future...
Seven months after the controversial Florida presidential election, a report says that minorities suffered "injustice, ineptitude and inefficiency" - but found no conspiracy to disenfranchise groups of voters. The United States Commission on Human Rights report, due to be officially released on Friday but leaked to the media Monday, is the product of a six-month investigation into the Florida election. The document says that many black and Hispanic voters were stymied by unequal access to quality voting equipment and "overzealous efforts" to clean up voter registration lists. According to the Washington Post, the leaked portions of the report included findings...
...working the system. Last November, U.S. election officials watched the presidential voting system evolve outside their control as supporters of Ralph Nader and Al Gore agreed to swap votes on the Internet. Here's how it worked: a Naderite in a marginal state would vote Gore while a Gore voter in a "safe" Democrat state picked Nader, boosting Gore's support in key states while retaining Nader's popular vote. (The legality of vote swapping is still being debated in some states...
Something rather remarkable took place in italy last week: an election that seemed to grip the attention of a whole nation. Voter turnout was so unexpectedly high - more than 80% of those entitled to cast a ballot did so - that the authorities were unable to cope with the crowds, some of whom wrecked polling stations in their rage. Filipinos, too, have behaved of late as if politics still matters - maybe too much so. The campaign before the recent congressional and local elections was marred by widespread violence, which claimed the lives of around 60 people...