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I believe that the flyers threatening arrest for those behind on bills, etc are a hoax designed to keep voters away from the polls. As far as I know, it's not a crime to be behind on your phone bill. Anyway, what's troubling about this piece isn't that felons are blocked from voting but rather that there is apparently an organized effort to disenfranchise black voters throughout the country. This makes all of the cries of foul-play that came out of Florida in 2000 even more relevant. Speaking of Florida, just htis year the state government released the names of felons who would be barred from voting and, just as in 2000, there were thousands of falsely accused voters on the rolls, the majority of which were black. Given what happened there in 2000, I have to accuse them of intentional negligence for letting this happen again. I could believe in accidents the first time, but again? It's worth noting that the "felon" list doesn't exclude many Latinos, who happen to vote Republican in Florida (Cuban exiles).
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