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WASHINGTON, D.C.— On Thursday, May 21, Minnesota’s Republican governor Tim Pawlenty vetoed the 21st Century Voter Registration Law (HF1053/SF 0660), which would have expanded the popular “motor voter” law to provide automatic voter registration for any eligible Minnesotans who apply for or renew their driver’s licenses, instruction permits, or identification cards. Today Michael Slater, executive director of the voting rights group Project Vote, issued the following statement in response:
“At a time when many states and the United States Congress are considering ways to modernize America’s antiquated voter registration system, Governor Pawlenty’s veto is a disappointing step backwards for Minnesota voters. In rejecting this important election reform—despite overwhelming support for the bill from Minnesota’s house, senate, and secretary of state—Gov. Pawlenty has indicated that he is not interested in making it easier for eligible Minnesotans to register to vote.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: PRESS STATEMENT
Friday May 1, 2009
Republican National Committee has quietly filed a motion to dissolve consent decree prohibiting them from practicing voter caging and other voter suppression activities
WASHINGTON, DC – On the eve of the November election, while the focus of the nation and the media were on the next day’s voting, the Republican National Committee (RNC) was quietly moving to ensure that, in future elections, they could benefit from voter caging, voter intimidation, and other dirty practices. On November 3, 2008 the RNC filed a motion to dissolve an existing consent decree that restricts them from engaging in so-called “ballot-security” measures such as sending direct mail to voters for the purposes of compiling challenge lists: a practice known as “voter caging ” that has historically been used to deter thousands of Americans—largely low-income and minority citizens—from voting. A hearing is scheduled on Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at 9:00 A.M. in the U.S. District Court for New Jersey. Today Michael Slater, executive director of Project Vote, issued the following statement in response:
“The consent decree—originally entered in 1982 and modified in 1987—has helped constrain, if not wholly deter, partisan efforts to suppress the vote for almost thirty years. Now the RNC is asking to have its hands untied so they can openly resume these voter challenge and intimidation efforts, despite a continued pattern of attempts to suppress low-income and minority voters.
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RNC is arguing they should be let out of consent decree prohibiting targeted “ballot security” efforts, but history argues differently.
May 1, 2009
On November 3, 2008, on the eve of an historic defeat for the GOP, the Republican National Committee (RNC) quietly filed a motion to dissolve an existing consent decree that prohibits them from engaging in so-called “ballot-security” measures, such as sending direct mail to voters for the purposes of compiling challenge lists—a practice known as “voter caging” that has historically been used to deter thousands of Americans (largely low-income and minority citizens) from voting. The RNC claims it is necessary to untie their hands so they can protect against “voter fraud,” but history has proven time and time again what the GOP really means by “ballot security”:
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