[EL] 330, 902 Puerto Rico voters can't vote, thanks to First Circuit

[Marty Lederman]

links to the decisions would be welcome, thanks

On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 2:38 PM, Richard Winger <richardwinger at yahoo.com>wrote:

> That's not what the brief says, although I admit I haven't looked at the
> law myself.  The attorney for the voters says the federal law does apply to
> Puerto Rico elections for Delegate to US House (I realize the title of that
> office in Puerto Rico is "resident commissioner").  And neither the US
> District Court nor the 1st circuit said the federal law doesn't cover
> Puerto Rico.  But I know you worked in the Voting Rights section so you
> must know what you are talking about.
>
>
> Richard Winger
> 415-922-9779
> PO Box 470296, San Francisco Ca 94147
>
> --- On *Mon, 10/22/12, John Tanner <john.k.tanner at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
>
> From: John Tanner <john.k.tanner at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [EL] 330, 902 Puerto Rico voters can't vote, thanks to First
> Circuit
> To: richardwinger at yahoo.com
> Cc: law-election at uci.edu
> Date: Monday, October 22, 2012, 11:34 AM
>
>
> Unfortunatley, the plain language of the NVRA makes it applicable only to
> states and one colony
>
> On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 12:28 PM, Richard Winger <richardwinger at yahoo.com<http://mc/compose?to=richardwinger@yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
>
>
> http://www.ballot-access.org/2012/10/22/puerto-rico-voters-who-didnt-vote-in-2008-and-who-didnt-re-register-in-time-lose-ability-to-vote-in-2012/
>
> Richard Winger
> 415-922-9779
> PO Box 470296, San Francisco Ca 94147
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