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Bogus Felons List Results in Suppression of Florida Votes
Loaded on May 15, 2001
by Ronald Young
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2001, page 22
Bogus Felons List Results In Suppression of Florida Votes
Filed under:
Misconduct/Corruption,
Government Misconduct,
Racial Discrimination,
Voting.
Location:
Florida.
by Ronald A. Young
Undoubtedly, it was the politically motivated decision handed down by five U.S. Supreme Court justices to put a halt to counting untallied Florida votes which actually decided the outcome of Presidential election 2000. Some folks, this …
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