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voter.jpgDoor Adam Jadhav | Activisten van stemmen-rechten dienden een federale procesWoensdag tegen openbare de hulpambtenaren van Missouri en verkiezingsdiensten in in St. Louis en van Kansas de Stad zegt, die dat de agentschappen er niet in zijn geslaagd om slecht mensenverblijf te helpen actief op de kiezer rolt. Het kostuum, dat in de Stad van Kansas door de Vereniging van Communautaire Organisaties voor Hervorming nu wordt ingediend, concentreert zich op een federale wet van 1993 die vereist de kiezers dat registratie wordt aangeboden op de faciliteiten en de overheidshulpkantoren van de bestuurdersvergunning - die die hulp zoals voedselzegels, Medicaid en welzijn aanbieden. Maar hoewel het registreren bij bestuurders is de vergunningsbureaus nu alledaags, eisen de activisten het Ministerie van Missouri van de Sociale Diensten shirked zijn verplichtingen heeft.

EIKEL, die door advocaten van het nationale Comité van de Stem, van de Manifestaties en van de Advocaten van het groepenProject' voor Burgerrechten in het kader van Wet wordt de vertegenwoordigd, zegt ook de verkiezingsautoriteiten lokale openbare hulpbureaus moeten beter instrueren.

Het proces draagt alle ondertonen van traditionele politieke brawl, kuiltjes makend in groepen die met minderheden en de armen worden verenigd - wie typisch Democratisch leunen - tegen een zeer belangrijke afdeling van een Republikeins beleid.

De Staatssecretaris Robin Carnahan, het hoogste gezag van Missouri op verkiezingen en een Democraat, wordt niet genoemd als gedaagde. De aanklagers zeggen Carnahan op de kwestie nuttig is geweest.

Missouri is slechts het recentste slagveld voor de stemmende groepen, die met Michigan, Noord-Carolina en New Mexico hebben gewerkt. In 2006, de Stem van het Project en anderen vervolgde ambtenaren in Ohio.

De de registratietoepassingen van de kiezer van de bureaus van de bestuurdersvergunning zijn vast de laatste jaren gebleven. Maar de registratie bij openbare hulpagentschappen rond is het land, volgens de V.S. gevallen. De Commissie van de Hulp van de verkiezing. In Missouri, behandelden die bureaus meer 143.000 registratietoepassingen in de de verkiezingscyclus van 1996. Door de cyclus van 2006, dat het cijfer bijna 90 percenten aan minder dan 16.000 was verminderd.

„Die mensen behoren in het kiesproces,“ bovengenoemde Brian Mellor, een advocaat met de Stem van het Project. „Dat was het punt van de federale wet - impliceer iedereen.“

Handhaaft de Sociale Diensten van Missouri Directeur Deborah Scott, de hoogste ambtenaar die in het kostuum wordt genoemd, dat de openbare de hulpbureaus van de staat overeenkomstig federale regels waren. Stelde hulpJanuari Voerman van Scott Woensdag voor die jaren van een de succesvolle registratiecampagne geleden die tot de daling nu worden geleid.

“Once you’ve fished in a pool and caught most of the fish, the remaining fish are going to be limited,” Carter said.

Carter also said aid offices see lower foot traffic today — and register fewer people — because clients can apply for services online and over the phone.

Mellor countered that the federal law didn’t distinguish between public aid services offered in person or online. And activists say they spot-checked almost a dozen offices in the St. Louis and Kansas City area and found that none offered voter registration materials with applications for public aid. Three didn’t even provide registration forms when asked, the activists said.

The lawsuit also contends that local election authorities should be stepping in. Jerry Wamser, an attorney for the St. Louis Elections Board, and Charles Renner, an attorney for the Kansas City board, both said they would review the suit but declined to comment further.

Charlene Davis, the Republican elections director for Jackson County, argued that her office had no authority to oversee public aid agencies. “Within their offices, we have no control,” Davis said.

She said her office did conduct initial training sessions with social service workers, who resisted the federal requirements.

“There was a definite attitude problem,” Davis said. “They felt that they were doing our work.”

The dispute goes back to 2006, when Project Vote lawyers and others first approached Carnahan, who followed up in meetings, phone calls and e-mails with the public aid agencies.

In response to the lawsuit, Carnahan spokesman Ryan Hobart issued a statement: “It’s disappointing that, despite the wide-ranging efforts we have taken, all eligible Missourians might not have been given their legally required opportunity to register to vote.”

Attorneys for the activists also wrote directly to Scott in August 2007 with their complaints, offering to meet with state officials. Alternatively, they warned they could file a lawsuit, according to letters provided to the Post-Dispatch.

Scott wrote back denying the allegations, defending the department and asking for more specifics; she also referred future contact to a state lawyer.

Carter, Scott’s assistant, suggested the lawsuit was an insincere way to achieve that goal. She also questioned ACORN’s credibility, noting that several employees were indicted last year on allegations involving bogus registrations.

Mellor said ACORN shouldn’t be held responsible for the misconduct of low-paid contractors.

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