Baltimore NAACP wins suit to give voters extra hour to vote...

[bridgit]

'Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Marcella Holland issued a temporary injunction ordering the Baltimore City Board of Election to operate the polls one hour past the normal closing time of 8 p.m, after the NAACP Baltimore Branch and private plaintiffs this afternoon filed a lawsuit to keep city polling sites open until 9PM, according to a NAACP press release received by RAW STORY.

"According to the lawsuit, in citing one example of problems at the polls, a voter said he was unable to vote at 7:05 a.m. because there was an insufficient number of polling judges on duty," the press release states. "The voter said he was unable to return to vote before the scheduled closing at 8 p.m. because of his job."

"It's incredible that the Board of Election was not better prepared given they knew this election was coming months ago. It's very frustrating that voters' fundamental constitutional rights would be treated so cavalierly," said NAACP Dennis Courtland Hayes in the press release.'

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Baltimore_NAACP_wins_suit_to_give_0912.html

[lonestarnot]

1. Unbelievable! Just unfuckingbelievable!