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[quote=Anonymous]I recently read an article about how black churches in Florida are dealing with the state's elimination of early voting on the Sunday before election day.  Apparently, the churches have been running a very successful "Souls to the Polls" program in recent years to encourage congregants to go vote after Sunday service.  So for this election, Governor Rick Scott and the Republicans in Florida's government eliminated early voting on the Sunday before election day.  A similar situation occurred in Ohio.

Now, I'm not completely naive.  I fully understand that the Republican party in Florida and Ohio likely eliminated these early voting days to suppress black turnout.  However, I'm supposing they at least had some "cover story" to justify the move -- maybe saving state money by reducing the days when polls are open, or something like that.  [u]Does anyone here know what their stated justification was?[/u]

I searched online, and found many articles discussing the situation, but none said why the state governments reduced the voting days.  Does anyone know?

BTW, I'm seriously curious, so I'd appreciate real responses, and not political jabs from either side.  There are plenty of other threads for those.  Many thanks.[/quote]

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