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[Community_studios] Putting our November election in International perspective

From: tom poe <tompoe AT amihost.com>
To: Open Studios <Open_Studios AT yahoogroups.com>
Cc: Community Studios <community_studios AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [Community_studios] Putting our November election in International perspective
Date: 22 Oct 2004 12:05:37 -0700

http://writ.news.findlaw.com/leavitt/20041021.html
Why Election Problems are Human Rights Violations:
A Primer on the International Law Governing November 2
By NOAH LEAVITT
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Thursday, Oct. 21, 2004
In a 1996 memorandum analyzing the ICCPR, the U.N. Committee on Human
Rights offered further clarification. It found that "states must take
effective measures to ensure that all persons entitled to vote are able
to exercise that right." It added that any "abusive interference" with
registration or voting, as well as coercion of voters, should be
prohibited by penal laws, and those laws should be strictly enforced.
Finally, it made clear that there should be "independent scrutiny of the
voting and counting process so electors have confidence in the security
of the ballot and the counting of the votes."

[Community_studios] Putting our November election in International perspective, tom poe, 10/22/2004