Students at Prairie View A&M Claim County Violates Voting Rights Act

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Students at Prairie View A&M University are among the latest Texans to demand a remedy for ongoing voter discrimination.

Priscilla Barbour, the Student Government Association president of the university, recently sent a letter to Texas Secretary of State John Steen explaining how the lack of voting locations on campus violates Section II of the Voting Rights Act.

Over 8,000 students are enrolled at the historically black university, yet the polling location for state and federal elections is located a mile away. Without access to transportation, voting is time-consuming and difficult for students.

Despite repeated pleas from students, Waller County refuses to open a polling location on the school's campus.

More at http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/13873/students-at-prairie-view-am-claim-county-violates-voting-rights-act .

[font color=green]This is the first time Prairie View A&M has been in the headlines for voter discrimination. In 2006, thousands of the students marched seven miles to the county courthouse to protest voter disenfranchisement. The county was forced to terminate their discriminatory policies by the DOJ.

This is just one more example demonstrating the importance of the Voting Rights Act and why AG Holder is correct in filing suit against the state.[/font]

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1. Dear Prairie View A & M Students

Make sure you vote and make sure your vote is counted .....
"they" can put up all kinds of bull shit blocks in front of you
but you can stand up to them and beat them and there is nothing
they can do about it.