DOJ Sues New York State Over Voting Rights

[kpete]

DOJ Sues New York State Over Voting Rights; Lawsuit Seeks to Vindicate Rights of Disabled Voters, Federal Election Reform Efforts Wed Mar 1, 1:57 PM ET

Contact: U.S. Department of Justice, 202-514-2007 or 202-514-1888 (TDD)


WASHINGTON, March 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Justice Department announced today that it has filed suit against the State of New York alleging violations of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA). The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, in Albany.


The government's complaint contends that the state has failed to comply with two of HAVA's requirements governing federal elections: that states (i) adopt voting systems that are fully accessible by disabled voters and are capable of generating a permanent paper record that can be manually audited, and (ii) create a statewide computerized voter registration database. The lawsuit is the first filed to vindicate these important federal obligations.


"HAVA contains important reforms designed to ensure that elections for federal office will both allow access to all voters and ensure the integrity of the process," said Wan J. Kim, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. "We believe today's lawsuit will help ensure that New York voters enjoy the benefits of these important reforms."


HAVA was enacted with bipartisan support after the 2000 presidential election and was signed into law by President Bush on October 29, 2002. States had nearly three years to comply with the provisions enforced under today's lawsuit, which took effect January 1, 2006.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20060301/pl_usnw/doj_sues_new_york_state_over_voting_rights__lawsuit_seeks_to_vindicate_rights_of_disabled_voters__federal_election_reform_effor

[Nikki Stone 1]

1. Trying to shoehorn Diebold into a liberal state

Their whore Ahnold got those infernal machines put in here.

[converted_democrat]

2. K&R..n/t

[Kansas Wyatt]

3. Failed to comply with a 'permanent paper record that can be manually

audited?'

Uh, when did these partisan computerized slot machines, that allegedly count votes, ever previously have a paper record of how people voted, and when did they ever manually audit it in the 2004 Election in key states to 'ensure the integrity of the progress?':shrug: