Time: Wed May 21 08:30:10 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA25836; Wed, 21 May 1997 07:36:10 -0700 (MST) by usr05.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id HAA21913; Wed, 21 May 1997 07:33:36 -0700 (MST) Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 08:25:46 -0700 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: Privacy Victory in Louisiana (fwd) Privacy is a fundamental Right. /s/ Paul Mitchell http://www.supremelaw.com <snip> > >--------------------- >Forwarded message: >From: robertabob@mindspring.com (R. Parker) >To: robertabob@mindspring.com >Date: 97-05-21 07:27:15 EDT > >Here's some more good news. This is on Social Security numbers and voter >registration. Make sure and forward this to everyone you know. > >Cyndee >robertabob@mindspring.com > >>Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 09:13:09 -0400 >>To: eplurib@megalinx.net >>From: E Pluribus Unum <eplurib@megalinx.net> >>Subject: Privacy Victory in La. >> >>05/19/1997 23:56 EST >> >>Judge Rules Against La. Voting Law >> >>By ROXANA HEGEMAN >>Associated Press Writer >> >>NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A federal judge has ruled that Louisiana >>can not require people to give their Social Security number >>when registering to vote, saying it violates privacy and voting >>laws. >> >>In a ruling made public Monday, U.S. District Judge Marcel >>Livaudais Jr. said the requirement violates the Privacy Act >>of 1974 and the National Voter Registration Act of 1993. >> >>Last year, Martin McKay, 39, refused to give his Social >>Security number and his mother's maiden name when he tried >>to register to vote. The state refused to register him. >> >>McKay sued, saying his right to vote is protected by the >>constitution and is not conditioned on providing that >>information. >> >>``I will not sit back and allow the millions that have died >>over the last 200 years to give me that right ... stand in >>vain,'' McKay said. >> >>The state contended it needs Social Security numbers to find >>duplicate registrations, stop voter fraud and identify felons. >> >>But the judge said requiring the numbers violated the Privacy >>Act because the state did not require the numbers before the >>privacy law was enacted. >> >>However, Livaudais said the state could still ask for the >>mother's maiden name under the National Voter Registration Act. >> >>The state also can still ask voters to volunteer their Social >>Security numbers when registering, Assistant Elections >>Commissioner Alan Elkins said. There are no plans now to >>remove the Social Security numbers from voter registration >>files. >> >> >>================================================== >>E Pluribus Unum - http://home.megalinx.net/~eplurib/home.html >> >>Patriot Personals - for Lovers of Liberty & Hearts that need love >>http://home.megalinx.net/~eplurib/personal/personal.htm >> >>"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" Hosea 4:6 >>P.O. Box 381; Groveport, OH 43125 >>mailto:eplurib@megalinx.net ======================================================================== Paul Andrew, Mitchell, B.A., M.S. : Counselor at Law, federal witness email: [address in tool bar] : Eudora Pro 3.0.1 on Intel 586 CPU web site: http://www.supremelaw.com : library & law school registration ship to: c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776 : this is free speech, at its best Tucson, Arizona state : state zone, not the federal zone Postal Zone 85719/tdc : USPS delays first class w/o this ========================================================================
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