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1 Voting Rights in Florida 2002: Briefing Summary [i] (2002)

handle is hein.civil/usccaaby0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Voting Rights in Florida 2002: Briefing Summary August 2002 BACKGROUND Interviews of advocates, elected officials, civil rights activists, and others conducted by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights raised concerns that the scope and implementation of Florida's reform measures may not prevent future irregularities like those experienced during the 2000 presidential election. Consistent with these concerns is the fact that the reform measures do not address Commission recommendations to place the burden on election officials to show that a voter is ineligible to vote, do not create automatic restoration of voting rights for former felons, do not enhance voting access for individuals with disabilities or for individuals with limited English proficiency, do not establish uniform poll closing times, and do not completely eliminate the use of private contractors in the central voter list purge process. The failures described by the Commission in its report Voting Irregularities in Florida During the 2000 Presidential Election resulted in investigations, litigation, and reform measures. The Justice Department investigated some of the abuses involving access to the polls by individuals with limited English proficiency and individuals with disabilities. However, other irregularities have not been investigated by the department. In litigation filed by the NAACP, the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, and others, Leon, Broward, Duval, Miami-Dade, and Volusia counties have all entered into agreements that will require them to modify voter registration, voter roll maintenance, and polling practices. The agreements, for example, call for county officials to identify and restore the voting rights of people incorrectly removed from voter rolls as a result of errors on the felon lists provided by the state Division of Elections, will make sure that all voters in line at polling places before closing time are allowed to vote, and require written notification and explanation for the rejection of provisional ballots. The state and two counties, Hillsborough and Orange, have yet to settle and they are scheduled to go to trial in August 2002.

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