Jackson calls for a right-to-vote amendment

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Florida is a crime scene where the presidential election was stolen, the Rev. Jesse Jackson said Monday, urging African Americans to register to vote so they can sway future elections. He called for a constitutional amendment guaranteeing a federal -- not just state -- right to vote. That could have protected uncounted or invalidated black votes in Florida, he said. The president "hung a picture of Dr. [Martin Luther] King in the White House, the next day [he] sent [lawyers] over to kill affirmative action,'' Jackson said. [more]