Sentences with phrase «of voter suppression»

We simply can't make real progress on election reform without addressing the greatest form of voter suppression in the state — closed primaries.

While Espaillat declared victory, Wright would not concede the race Tuesday night and called for absentee and affidavit ballots to be counted, renewed allegations of voter suppression by a pro-Espaillat group and called for an investigation by the Department of Justice.

The evening marked the beginning of the end to a bitter campaign, which frequently saw Espaillat and Wright trading verbal jabs, and featured accusations of voter suppression by Wright's camp.

Tonight, Wright himself claimed «evidence of voter suppression,» and called for formal federal oversight of the final vote count.

«I have received hundreds of complaints of voter suppression, and voters being turned away,» Mr. Espaillat said.

For people of color, who have often been the targets of voter suppression and intimidation, it is especially important that our voting systems are easily accessible.

For his part, a victorious Mr. Rangel also weighed in on the issue yesterday, issuing a statement to the press declaring, «Although there was no evidence found, I look forward to working with him to uncovering any possibility of voter suppression or fraud, as well as to foster reconciliation and unity across the communities that became divided during the campaign.»

John Fortney, a spokesman for the Senate Republican Caucus, defended the language, brushing off the notion of voter suppression as political posturing.

Jaime Estades, Latino Leadership Institute, said, «The history of voting in the United States is the history of voter suppression.

Mr. Espaillat's campaign also made a statement available from the Dominican American National Roundtable, which called for the U.S. Department of Justice to step in and monitor the proceedings and provided a hotline available for individuals to share anecdotes of voter suppression.

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But when it comes to scheduling off - cycle elections1 like those taking place today, the Democratic Party is the champion of voter suppression.

The purging of voters with Hispanic surnames in Sunset Park, East New York, and parts of Bushwick and Williamsburg suggested «a targeted pattern of voter suppression,» Velázquez wrote to U. S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch.

Voting rights activists consider it the cutoff a mode of voter suppression.

Hours later in Harlem, Rev. Al Sharpton told reporters he had not received any reports of voter suppression — undermining the foundation of Wright's resistance to conceding the election.

During his tenure with the Attorney General, Mr. Levy was responsible for the investigation and trial of organized crime and corruption matters with statewide and national significance, including investigations into allegations of voter suppression in the 1993 gubernatorial election and the «computer gate» investigation involving the infiltration of the New Jersey Assembly Democratic staff's computer system.

This legislation is a step in the right direction, but I worry that it ignores the most impactful form of voter suppression facing New York: the state's closed primary system.

We don't have emperors yet, but one of our two major parties is now dominated by radicals engaged in a crusade of voter suppression aimed at the elderly, the young, minorities, and the poor; while the other party, once the champion of everyday working people, has been so enfeebled by its own collaboration with the donor class that it offers only token resistance to the forces that have demoralized everyday Americans.

Hamilton MP David Christopherson's motion enjoined Parliament to give Elections Canada all the necessary powers to investigate and punish the sort of voter suppression that happened in 2011.

Were there classic examples of voter suppression, like publishing the wrong Election Day date or falsely warning that you can be arrested at your polling place if you owe payment on a traffic ticket?

«As a national organization that closely monitors public affairs in the Latino community, in general, and the Dominican Community, in particular, we have witnessed disturbing allegations of voter suppression and lack of transparency in the 13th Congressional District election,» Dr. Maria Teresa Montilla, the organization's president, said.

He too alluded darkly toward «evidence of voter suppression,» and called for formal federal oversight of the final vote count — though was weak on the details of what nefarious activities transpired.

Adriano Espaillat: «I have received hundreds of complaints of voter suppression, and voters being turned away.»

Gov. Scott and Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam helped create this form of voter suppression.

The DN's Juan Gonzalez believes a «cloud» will remain over the NY - 13 primary election until allegations of voter suppression are investigated.

At a packed press conference held in front of a senior center on 187th Street, Mr. Espaillat slammed the Board of Elections, lobbed allegations of voter suppression, and explained his plans going forward.

Wright initially refused to concede the race Tuesday night, calling for the counting of all paper ballots and an investigation by the Department of Justice into allegations of voter suppression.

«We have witnessed disturbing allegations of voter suppression,» said the president of the Dominican American National Roundtable.