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Article: Justice Department Meets With Civil Rights Groups to Discuss Plans for Protecting Ballot Access.
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- Science Letter
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- September 23, 2008
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Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Grace Chung Becker, and other senior officials of the Department of Justice (DOJ) met today with leaders of dozens of civil rights groups, as well as national organizations representing state and local officials, secretaries of state and attorneys general offices from across the country, to review plans to protect voting rights in the upcoming federal election (see also U.S. Department of Justice).
"The Justice Department must make every effort to help ensure that the November elections are run as smoothly as possible - and, equally important, that the American ...