Thanks for your summary information on what you have received. This comports with our information on what we've seen in the data over the years except for one state ... you listed "pa". Is this a typo? We've never seen racial data out of Pennsylvania.
-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Lorenzo Hall <joehall@gmail.com>
To: Sean Parnell <sparnell@campaignfreedom.org>
Cc: election-law@mailman.lls.edu <election-law@mailman.lls.edu>
Sent: Tue, May 3, 2011 1:34 pm
Subject: Re: [EL] Federal Postcard Application and race
Someone pointed me to the Federal Voter Registration Application
listing all states requirements on this issue (not just for UOCAVA)
and the following states request (or require, but will still accept)
race filled out: fl, ga, al, la, nc, pa, sc. Thanks for the many
responses! --Joe
On Tuesday, May 3, 2011, Sean Parnell <sparnell@campaignfreedom.org> wrote:
> It's been quite a while since I read up on it so I could be mistaken, but I
> think that in Hawaii the state holds certain elections in which only persons
> of Hawaiian descent can vote.
>
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> [mailto:election-law-bounces@mailman.lls.edu] On Behalf Of Joseph Lorenzo
> Hall
> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 12:45 PM
> To: Election Law
> Subject: [EL] Federal Postcard Application and race
>
> 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
>
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