"The judge said there was a pattern to Mr. Brown's efforts to keep all whites out of the county's Democratic Party, including holding party caucuses in private homes rather than public voting precincts and inviting only blacks to the meetings."
Blacks violated Voting Rights Act, federal judge rules
"If the same facts were presented to the court on behalf of the rights of black voters, this court would find that [the Voting Rights Act] was violated," Judge Lee said in his ruling.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070701/NATION/107010039/1002
2007-07-02
03:15:13
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No, not representative, just that it happens. A case to file away in your gray matter when you're up in arms about election rules violations....
2007-07-02
03:20:27 ·
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