Manatee Voter's Rights Restricted

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/02/11/3278101/florida-county-reduces-minority-precincts/
In the public comment section of the meeting, all ten speeches strongly opposed the move. Representatives of the local NAACP and Southern Christian Leadership Council warned that the cuts would decrease voter turnout because voters would have to travel further to a polling place, especially among the elderly and people without cars, and noted that the cuts disproportionately affected minority-heavy precincts.