[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 240 (Wednesday, December 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 77850]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-31904]


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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS


Hearing on Allegations of Voting Irregularities in the 
Presidential Election on November 7, 2000

AGENCY: Commission on Civil Rights.

ACTION: Notice of hearings.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given pursuant to the provisions of the Civil 
Rights Commission Amendments Act of 1994, Section 3, Public Law 103-
419, 108 Stat. 4338, as amended, and 45 CFR 702.3., that public 
hearings before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will commence on 
Thursday, January 11, 2001, beginning at 9:00 a.m., in the morning in 
Tallahassee, FL, and on subsequent days in Miami, FL, Jacksonville, FL, 
and Tampa, FL. The purpose of these hearings is to collect information 
within the jurisdiction of the Commission, under Public Law 98-183, 
Section 5(a)(1) and Section 5(a)(5), related particularly to 
allegations that eligible persons in Florida were denied the right to 
vote or to have their votes properly counted in the election of the 
Presidential electors on November 7, 2000.
    The Commission is authorized to hold hearings and to issue 
subpoenas for the production of documents and the attendance of 
witnesses pursuant to 45 CFR 701.2. The Commission is an independent 
bipartisan, fact finding agency authorized to study, collect, and 
disseminate information, and to appraise the laws and policies of the 
Federal Government, and to study and collect information with respect 
to discrimination or denials of equal protection of the laws under the 
Constitution because of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or 
national origin, or in the administration of justice. The Commission 
has broad authority to investigate allegations of voting irregularities 
even when alleged abuses do not involve discrimination.
    Hearing impaired persons who will attend the hearings and require 
the services of a sign language interpreter, should contact Pamela 
Dunston, Administrative Services and Clearinghouse Division at (202) 
376-8105 (TDD (202) 376-8116), at least five (5) working days before 
the scheduled date of the hearings.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Les Jin, Office of the Staff Director 
(202) 376-7700.

    Dated: December 11, 2000.
Edward A. Hailes, Jr.,
Acting General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 00-31904 Filed 12-11-00; 2:52 pm]
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