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Voting fraud memo sparks Capitol clash over election day registration
Deputy AG Peter Flaherty released a Justice Department memo warning of a rise in voting fraud tied to the administration’s election day registration bill. He invoked executive privilege then agreed to share the six page April memo with Senate and House committees after debate with Atty Gen Griffin Bell. The bill, presented by President Carter, would allow same day registration at polling places for federal elections and offers incentives for states to adopt similar rules. States already permitting registration on election day include Minnesota Wisconsin Maine Oregon and North Dakota.
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Peter F. Flaherty
Congress
Justice Department
Senate Rules Committee
Carter
Flaherty
Mark Sheehan
Department
Senate Committee
House
Sheehan
Senate
Griffin B. Bell
Criminal Division
Robert P. Griffin
R-Mich
Griffin
Irale Consanto
Consanto
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Wisconsin
Maine
Oregon
North Dakota