NAACP settles; Volusia county to open voting sites
/Attorneys for the NAACP and Volusia County on Friday
settled a voting rights lawsuit against Supervisor of Elections Deanie
Lowe. The activist organization sued on Oct. 7 to force the county to
open an additional early-voting site in Daytona Beach. Lowe had planned
to open only one site -- at Department of Elections headquarters in
DeLand. Representatives of the National Association for the Advancement
of Colored People argued that having only one site would disenfranchise
black voters in east Volusia County. Under the agreement, the county
will open additional sites at City Island Library in Daytona Beach, New
Smyrna Beach Regional Library and Deltona Regional Library. All sites
open at 8 a.m. Monday. "We've dismissed the case," NAACP attorney
Johnathan Hurwitz said. "The NAACP is very pleased about how it turned
out. We're glad the county decided to do the right thing." A federal
judge still has to sign off on the agreement. [more 
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