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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush
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To: Mephisto who wrote (1316)1/18/2001 1:30:53 PM
From: Mephisto  Read Replies (1) of 93284
 
Mr. Ashcroft twice vetoed a bill during his tenure as governor that would have allowed
officials from the League of Women Voters to register voters in St. Louis, a heavily black
and Democratic city. The bills, passed in 1988 and 1989, would have permitted the city
to use the same registration procedures already in place in the the surrounding St. Louis County
which was largely Republican and white.

John Hickey, the director of the Citizens Education Fund, a civil rights
group in Missouri, said that Mr. Ashcroft's veto was "clearly aimed at
keeping down minority and largely democratic voter registration in St.
Louis." In his veto message, Governor Ashcroft cited the possibility of
voter fraud.

EXCERPT FROM Ashcroft Battle Likely to Focus on Race Issues

By NEIL A. LEWIS
From The New York Times
Sunday, January 14, 2001
Page 20

nytimes.com
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