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To: TheLineMan who wrote (78840)11/17/2000 7:24:54 AM
From: kvkkc1  Respond to of 769670
 
You can take the horse to the water, but you can't make it drink.knc



To: TheLineMan who wrote (78840)11/17/2000 3:37:48 PM
From: DOUG H  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 769670
 
In 1987 it was found that ballots cast in predominantly black wards in the city of St. Louis were more than three times as likely to be improperly punched -- and therefore not counted -- as those cast in predominantly white wards. A federal judge subsequently ruled that the punch card system ``denies blacks an equal opportunity with whites to participate in the political process.

Incredible. Racist punch cards.


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