By Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services via Arizona Daily Star
A federal judge rejected a bid by Democrats to force counties to tally the votes of people who show up at the wrong polling place.
In his ruling late Tuesday, Judge Douglas Rayes acknowledged that Arizona has a history of discrimination in voting practices. But Rayes said challengers, led by the state and national Democratic parties, failed to show that the current restrictions affect minorities any more than the population as a whole.
This is the second defeat for the Democrats.
