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Posted by cal04 in Editorials & Other Articles
Sat Dec 10th 2011, 04:01 PM
http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/2011/dec/1... /

Thousands of people who have been voting for years and college students eager to vote will find themselves shut out next year.

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Julian Bond of the NAACP says that older blacks who were born during segregation in the South may not have a birth certificate and even though they may have been voting for years will be denied their right to vote next year.

Rock the Vote, which works to get young people registered, says the new laws will keep thousands of students from voting and believes it is because they tend to be liberal.

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How ironic that as the United States demands democracy and free elections around the world, politicians here are trying to tamp down voting in America.
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