NAACP National Voter Fund Calls for States and Local Election Boards to Honor All Good Faith Voter Registration Forms

225,000 New Voters Registered This Cycle; Close to 1/2 Million Since 2000

WASHINGTON - October 6 - The following was released today by the NAACP National Voter Fund:

Election officials across the country should honor any voter registration form submitted in good faith, even if individuals have made minor errors, urged the head of the non-partisan NAACP National Voter Fund (NVF).

NVF Executive Director Greg Moore made his public appeal at a forum sponsored by Unity '04. He announced that NVF had registered 225,000 new voters as part of its Empowerment 2004 campaign. The voter registration period ended in 13 states across the country Monday and by Friday, 31 states will have closed their voter rolls.

Moore said while he is encouraged with the incredible efforts people have made to fill out registration forms in order to vote, he is discouraged with word from across the nation that thousands of forms are being thrown out by election boards finding excuses to disenfranchise people.

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