Friday, July 26, 2002
Election Reform Update: Anti-Fraud Efforts Continue to Stall Agreement
An effort to get an election reform bill out of conference and onto the House floor before the August recess was delayed, in large part because Senate Democrats waited until 12:23 a.m. this morning to send over a 142-page offer to House Republicans.
The question is begged whether any reform bill that guards against vote fraud will be acceptable, given that some people believe that anyone should be allowed to wander in to the polls and vote, no questions asked: ''Nothing should be put in the way of the voter and the right to vote,'' said Angela Arboleda, a policy analyst with the National Council of La Raza, told the Louisville Courier-Journal. She also complained that the right problem to fix "was access to working voting machines in poor neighborhoods and ensuring that votes there were counted, not voter fraud."
English First is monitoring the House floor to ensure there are no pre-recess surprises.
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