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Humor_In_Cuneiform Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-23-06 12:25 PM
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Voter ID coalition will sue Sec of State Jan Brewer
Arizona Republic story below. I also heard this story on NPR this morning.

"Voter ID coalition will sue Brewer
Law's application too rigid for group

Pat Flannery
The Arizona Republic
Mar. 23, 2006 12:00 AM

A coalition of advocacy groups plans to sue Secretary of State Jan Brewer over the state's new voter identification requirements, claiming her rigid application of the law could prevent some out-of-state Arizonans, such as military members or college students, from registering in their home state.


Brewer dismissed the legal threat Wednesday as little more than politics and vowed not to back down from the challenge.

The latest confrontation is part of the continuing legacy of Proposition 200, a ballot measure approved by Arizona voters in 2004. The measure imposed new proof-of-citizenship requirements on registrants and strict voter ID rules at the polls.

This dispute centers on whether Arizona voters who register using a nationwide federal voter registration form also must produce the proof of citizenship, such as a passport, birth certificate or valid Arizona driver's license, demanded by state law. Federal law requires registrants using the federal form only to sign the document after checking boxes attesting to their citizenship and age..."

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0323votesuit0323.html
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SammyBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 01:06 AM
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1. Dammit. . .we need to vote our Brewer and Horne! I mean, we really
need to kick those two assclowns out of office!!!
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NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 07:19 AM
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2. sue her for that Diebold buy too, while we're at it, Brewer stinks n/t
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Humor_In_Cuneiform Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-02-06 12:16 AM
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3. Here's hoping they will sue.
And I sure hope she loses this year.

She is bad news in the making. Katherine Harris, Ken Blackwell, ...Jan Brewer

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