Entry 11

DOJ sends voting rights monitors, observers to 23 states

CNN News, November 2, 2012

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/11/02/justice-department-to-deploy-election-observers/?iref=allsearch

Summary

In order to prevent the deprivation of voting rights of minorities in election place, Department of Justice sent 780 voting monitors to ensure that voters–especially minorities–do not lose their voting rights for unjustifiable reasons, including language fluency, ethnicity, wealth, and national origin. The voting monitors are dispatched to 23 states with a mission of guarding that the election is held properly according federal laws. DOJ sends more observers in several place where problems can arise, such as Arizona, South Dakota, Chicago, and Michigan where a large number of ethnical minorities reside–Hispanics, Asians, Native Americans.

My thought

Sending observers to ensure the provision of voting rights is a proper action that the government must take to protect basic rights of the U.S. citizens. Despite civil rights movements and social activities extended the rights of minority groups and hugely contributed on establishing egalitarianism in the U.S. society, there are still many limitations on and discriminations against minorities. Therefore, DOJ, as the government institution in charge of providing civil rights for every citizen, ensuring that the minorities are not underrepresented or barred by unreasonable backgrounds, including national origin, physical disturbances, and ethnicity, is necessary action in terms of providing equal rights and protections for all the citizens of the United States.