Muslims Fight Voter Suppression and Intimidation

Muslims Fight Voter Suppression and Intimidation
(AP Photo/Kathleen Batten)

AMuslim activist in Lackawanna, New York, said she suspected her vote had not been counted after she dropped off her absentee ballot in the town’s June primary elections. An attorney then asked the local board of elections to see the names of voters whose ballots had objections.

Of about 200 ballots with objections filed against them, all but one had names that sounded Muslim or Middle Eastern. The ballots were all related to contests with Arab American candidates.

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