Iowa county says it canceled voting rights of the wrong man
Then this happened in NW Iowa
Clay County Auditor Marge Pitts said Friday her office made Christopher E. Wood ineligible to vote last fall. She said that was an "unfortunate error" because he'd done nothing wrong. Her office had intended to cancel the voting rights of repeat criminal offender Christopher R. Wood.
Pitts said she worked with the state to correct the mistake and restore Wood's voting rights after he complained. She noted that there were no elections when he was disqualified.
The rancher said he was stunned when he got a letter saying he was disenfranchised. He said locals have a long and unfortunate history of confusing him with the other man.
American Civil Liberties Union lawyer Rita Bettis says the case shows a "lack of appropriate safeguards and procedural checks" in Iowa's felon list.
I'm going to go out on a limb and wager that Mr. Wood is a Christian who is white as a sheet otherwise Ms. Pitts wouldn't be working anywhere near as hard to get this all straightened out. If Mr. Wood was any other color and/or other religion she would probably swear up and down that they disqualified the right person.
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