Greetings all,
Does anyone have pointers as to why the Federal Post Card Application
for registering UOCAVA voters asks the voter to list their race? In a
recent request for public comment, FVAP said:
"This information is desired by a few States to assist them in
reporting information to the Department of Justice and, in some cases,
to determine the eligibility of the citizen to vote in restricted
elections."
http://www.fvap.gov/resources/media/fpca-fwabpubliccommentpacketfinal.pdf
I can understand wanting to report voter demographics to DOJ, but are
there really election contests that one can't vote in if they're not
registered as being of a specific race? and I guess the race/ethnicity
distinction doesn't matter here?
best, Joe