How Voters are Disenfranchised in 2006

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Saturday November 04, 2006 · 8:56 AM PST

2006/11/04 · 08:56

I've been working at the non-partisan Election Protection hotline (1-866-OUR-VOTE), and I've fielded a lot of calls recently that have made me stop and think about how difficult it is to vote in America today if you're not affluent, are not politically active, don't belong to an organization that focuses on voter participation (like a union or AARP), or have a high level of education.

So, I decided to lay out all the issues I've encountered, and why they have caused such problems. In order to maintain the anonymity guaranteed by the hotline, I'm not going to describe any specific incident I've encountered, but if you're interested in all the ways that I've seen in which the state and federal governments (frequently Republican) have made it more difficult for all but the most privileged of us to vote, follow me below the fold.
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