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Speaking up in Red...

Voting protest didn't go far enough

Dec. 25, 2004 12:00 AM

Regarding "Let's, unh . . . protest" (Editorial, Dec. 17):

The Republic's editorial belittled the importance of protests over the recent election. I say we need many more protests.

The media-conducted recount in Florida showed that Al Gore would have carried the state in 2000 and thus would have become president. Also, we mustn't forget the tens of thousands of African-American voters who were purged from voting lists in Florida. Since Blacks vote overwhelmingly Democrat, they are sitting ducks for voter racial profiling...

more:
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/1225satlets5-255.html

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