New York town defies U.S. on Hispanic voting rights
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PORT CHESTER, New York  - A dispute over voting rights reminiscent of the U.S. civil rights era has broken out in this New York town, where the federal government has thrust itself into the debate and a judge suspended an election.
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Something is happening here that no government institution seeking to serve citizens should ignore completely.
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Seldom has a national political party held a nominating convention so deep in enemy territory. From the northern Bronx to Brooklyn's Coney Island boardwalk, from eastern Queens to the liberal fortress of Manhattan's Upper West Side, New York City is wall-to-wall Democrats.
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Voters living abroad face an unwieldy system of absentee balloting that could prevent their votes from being counted.
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federal judge in Manhattan refused yesterday to force the city to allow a rally on Saturday on the Great Lawn in Central Park, after the Bloomberg administration and protest organizers failed
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Illegal immigrants seeking to make a home in this northeastern Pennsylvania city could face barriers to finding a home and job after the city council passed one of the nation&#039;s strictest ordinances to fight illegal immigration.
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A Supreme Court decision in favor of one protesting village has inspired others.
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By FRANK ELTMAN  RIVERHEAD, N.Y. - Business owners could soon face fines and even jail time if they hire illegal immigrants in this Long Island community, the latest in one of many efforts by local governments across the country to crack down on undocumented workers.
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On the only government-licensed hand-pulled ferry along the U.S. border, the chatter is all about the upcoming election. Not the Bush-Kerry race, but the choices for mayor of Gustavo Diaz Ordaz, the Mexican town on the other side of the Rio Grande.
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When a state Senate race just north of New York City wound up too close to call, each side accused the other of mischief &#151; like intimidating old ladies at the polls or importing voters from the Bronx &#151; and went to court. Three months later, it's still there.
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By Thomas Korosec, Houston Chronicle  Jun. 6--DALLAS -- A federal judge extended an order Tuesday preventing the suburb of Farmers Branch from enforcing a voter-approved ordinance barring apartment rentals to most illegal immigrants.
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A city in Connecticut becomes the first in the United States to issue identity cards to illegal immigrants.
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The issue of illegal immigration is gathering political force in Long Island, and as the complaints grow, politicians are responding with new laws.
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Residents of the hometown of Nobel Prize-winning novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez failed to pass a referendum Sunday to change the town&#039;s name to Macondo, the fictitious tropical hamlet in his masterpiece &quot;One Hundred Years of Solitude.&quot;
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Business owners could soon face fines and even jail time if they hire illegal immigrants in this Long Island community, the latest in one of many efforts by local governments across the country to crack down on undocumented workers.
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Britons and other expats in Spain win council seats in local elections, putting new parties on the political map.
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A U.S. federal judge halted planned elections in Port Chester, New York, on Friday, after the government said its political system effectively denies Hispanics representation in the local government.