How To Boost The Electorate In Florida: Enforce the National Voter Registration Act

by: project vote

Mon Jul 14, 2008 at 16:18

A Sunday news story by Catherine Dolinsky in the Tampa Tribune highlights Florida's failure to comply with the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) and talks extensively about the joint efforts of Project Vote, Demos, and ACORN to force Florida to follow this federal law. Dolinksy quotes ACORN's Florida Head Organizer Brian Kettering on the civil rights implications of Florida's failure,

"Hispanic and African-American communities are being deprived of the opportunity to register to vote at a higher rate than anybody else," Kettenring said. "So this is a fairness issue, but it's also a civil rights issue."