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Election--October 2006


10/27/06 U.S. suit on behalf of Latino voters gets mixed reaction

The woman has been in the U.S. since 1983, but Spanish is her primary language, and she says that on one Election Day, poll workers laughed in her face.

By: Regina Medina
Source: Philadelphia Daily News

10/24/06 COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY TO LEAD PUBLIC INSPECTION OF PHILADELPHIA’S VOTING MACHINES

The Committee of Seventy (Seventy), a non-partisan organization fighting for honest and efficient government in Philadelphia and throughout the region, today announced that it would lead a team of volunteers to a pre-election inspection of Philadelphia’s voting machines.

By: Elizabeth T. Brown and Christopher B. Sheridan
Source: Press Release

10/17/06 Feds sue city over voting rights of Spanish-speakers

The U.S. Justice Department has accused Philadelphia of violating the voting rights of Spanish-speaking citizens, and is asking for federal election observers in the city through the end of 2009.

By: Dave Davies
Source: Philadelphia Daily News

10/17/06 Council panel recommends scrapping 'resign to run'

For more than half a century, Philadelphia's political class has chafed under a city-charter provision requiring city employees and elected officials to resign before pursuing another elected office.

By: Mark McDonald
Source: Philadelphia Daily News


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