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  • Prosecutors won't be posted at polls

    10/02/2008 1:36:45 PM PDT · by Bluebird Singing · 78 replies · 1,770+ views
    Sun Sentinel ^ | September 24, 2008 | Associated Press
    The Justice Department said Tuesday it will not station criminal prrosecutors at the polls on Election Day after civil rights groups said minority voters who are expected to turn out in unprecedented numbers because of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama could be intimidated. The move reverses a decades-long practice that put prosecutors on the lookout for voter fraud, ballot access violations and other polling problems.