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And some people think that racism doesn’t exist anymore.

AlterNet: Election 2004: Jim Crow is Alive and Well

In 2000 in Florida, thousands of voters whose names mistakenly appeared on a flawed list of felons were purged from the state’s voter rolls. Despite the ensuing outcry and litigation, the state has not yet restored the rights of many of those voters. In fact, officials prepared to purge an additional 40,000 names for the 2004 election until the new list was made public by court order and its flaws exposed.

I think I know why Gore was so pissed. It’s because he won the election! I had read this before, but it never fails to anger me. How can you mistakenly classify thousands of people as felons? I mean, really, how does that happen? I would really like to know.

Every once and a while I just shake my head in wonder at how unethical and immoral people can get. It’s just mind-boggling and, at times, horribly depressing.