NAACP Files Suit Over Louisianna Voter Purging
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The NAACP has filed a civil rights lawsuit challenging a purge of Louisiana's voter roles. Over 21,000 Louisiana voters were deleted from the state's record, most of them from the areas hardest hit by (and still not repaired after) Hurricane Katrina.
Louisiana Secretary of State Jay Dardenne said that state had compared voter roles with other states', and were only deleting those with identical names and birth dates - people the state thinks have moved and re-registered to vote in their new cities.
But because of a history of racial discrimination before passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, voting changes in Louisiana and other Southern states must be approved by federal officials. The U.S. Department of Justice hasn't yet approved the Louisianna purge.
Louisiana Secretary of State Jay Dardenne said that state had compared voter roles with other states', and were only deleting those with identical names and birth dates - people the state thinks have moved and re-registered to vote in their new cities.
But because of a history of racial discrimination before passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, voting changes in Louisiana and other Southern states must be approved by federal officials. The U.S. Department of Justice hasn't yet approved the Louisianna purge.
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