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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Mephisto who wrote (9106)12/22/2000 8:10:25 AM
From: H-Man  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 10042
 
Florida probe finding no evidence of black disenfranchisement

By Jerry Seper
THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Accusations that Florida blacks were denied access to polling places as part of what the Rev. Jesse Jackson called "a systematic plan to disenfranchise black voters" remain under investigation, although no evidence so far has surfaced to support the charges.

Allison Bethel, head of the Florida Attorney General's Office of Civil Rights, said investigators have not discovered "any grand scheme" — as charged by Mr. Jackson and others — to deny blacks and minorities access to voter precincts during the Nov. 7 election, although the probe is continuing.

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