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To: Mephisto who wrote (3267)	1/18/2001 1:40:59 PM
From: Mephisto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6089

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 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