Justice Department Triples Number of Poll Watchers for Election Day

The Daily Buzz for October 29, 2004

VOTING RIGHTS
"JUSTICE DEPT. TRIPLES ELECTION WATCHERS"
The Washington Post

The Justice Department is sending out three times as many poll
watchers on Election Day as it did in 2000, assigning some to Florida
and other closely contested states in the presidential election.
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EDUCATION
"CALIFORNIA TEST SCORES RISE AGAIN -- BUT AT SLOWER PACE"
The San Francisco Chronicle

California's schools registered tepid improvement on a range of
standardized tests in 2003-04, falling far short of the pace they set
a year earlier, state officials said Thursday.
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CIVIL RIGHTS ENFORCEMENT
"NAACP IN HOT WATER OVER SPEECH"
USA Today

The Internal Revenue Service is reviewing the tax-exempt status of the
nation's oldest civil rights organization, saying criticism of
President Bush at the NAACP's national convention in July may have
violated rules against partisan activity.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
"BATTLE OVER 3-STRIKES MEASURE HEATS UP"
The Los Angeles Times

With a rapidity that has taken many political leaders by surprise,
Proposition 66, a proposal to significantly scale back California's
three-strikes law, has become the focus of the hottest fight on the
state's long, complex ballot.
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