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  • From: Steven Champeon <schampeo AT hesketh.com>
  • To: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Jurors [was: legal outrage...]
  • Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 12:21:02 -0400

on Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 11:49:54AM -0300, Marcia wrote:
> >> I don't know much about the jury selection process
>
> Me neither, and my guess is, neither do they!
>
> I was called for jury duty last year, but I'm not a US citizen! I'm a
> legal
> resident, and a tax payer, so I thought since I may need the justice system
> some day, they could ask me to serve it too. But I did call first, to make
> sure.
>
> The lady told me I didn't have to go, the "invitation" had been a
> mistake. So I asked where they got my name from, and she said they get
> people's names when they register to vote.. so I said I'd never
> registered to vote, I can't vote here! She didn't know what to say.

They also use driver's license registrations as a source of information.

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