[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 27 (Thursday, February 8, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9556-9557]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3317]


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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 
Friday, February 16, 2001, beginning at 9:00 a.m., in the morning in 
Miami, FL, and on subsequent days in Jacksonville, FL, and in Tampa, 
FL. The February 16, 2001, hearing will take place at the Wyndham Miami 
Biscayne Bay Hotel, 1601 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, Florida 33132. 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 original notice for the hearings was announced in the Federal 
Register on Wednesday, December 13, 2000, FR Doc. 00-31904, Vol. 65, 
No. 2401, p. 77850. 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

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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: February 5, 2001.
Edward A. Hailes, Jr.,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 01-3317 Filed 2-7-01; 8:45 am]
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