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Article: Justice Department says it will file voting rights lawsuits from 2000 U.S. presidential election
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- May 22, 2002
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Dateline: WASHINGTON
The U.S. government will file three lawsuits against Florida counties
alleging voting rights violations resulting from the bitterly disputed
2000 presidential election, a Justice Department official said Tuesday.
Two other lawsuits also will be filed, in Missouri and Tennessee,
by the department's civil rights division, Assistant Attorney General
Ralph Boyd told the Senate Judiciary Committee.
"I have authorized the filing of several lawsuits," said Boyd, who
later narrowed the number to five.
The lawsuits will allege different treatment of minority voters, improper
purging of voter rolls, "motor voter" registration violations ...