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A r it , 1975
Oro Valley, Ariz,.
Rights Division
Civil ,
Voting & Public Acc omodations .
TODD Building. Room 920
U.S. Department of Justice •- R
Washington, D.C. 20530
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ATTENTION:: Gerald W. Joss,' Division Chief
Dear Sirs
• aprotest against the voter fraud practices
We are writing to lodge ga
of the Puna County (AZ . ) Board of. Supervisors, which violate our civil
rights as protected under the U.S. Constitution.
The Boardaccepting is acce tin illegal and invalid signatures on petitions
calling for
the disinc orP oration of our town, the Town of Oro Valley. We
can furnish documentedproof roof that many of these signatures are not valid
and furthermore, good evidence that the supervisors know this to be the
rmore
case but are so anxious to disincorporate us, they will accept them as
valid anyway.
supervisors.
i s ore.
Here 's the way it works: thesu have said there are 668 -
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registered voters in the Town. of Oro, Valley, using the figure on the
e rolls a s of earlyApril, 1975. Therefore, they contend, the
county voterh
of onlyM 6 registered Oro Valley voters are needed on the
signatures g
disincorporation petitions for them} to legally disincorporate us.
registered 668 persons, a check of
However, consider this s Of those r g • .
voter lists shows that 287--nor L2.96%--did not sign for d isinc orpor-
t he �"-" with straight i ht fa c es,
ati.on. Now, how are the supervisors able to claim, g.
that the petition-signers ers thus represent 66 2/3% of the registered voters,
as
required byArizona state law? That adds up to 110%. And since the
on advocates actually claim that they have 7 of the town
d�.szncorporati
registered voters, and the supervisors have agreeably echoed that claim
,we are witnessing a truly fantastic performance__one in which our county
leaders (and their agents within the Town of Oro .Valley) have made the
668 registrations on
which their claims are based, equal more than 118%!
would w d be amused at such obvious figure-juggling if it weren't
the existence of our new town. We fought the county in
that it threatens
the state courts years
ts for four before winning in the State Supreme Court.
countyhas made upits mind to win through other methods,
Apparently the
expense of our civil rights and with a complete disregard for any
at the are principles of fairness. Can you help us? We r prepared to back up
with statements w h actual lists, affidavits and other solid evidence.
Signed: •
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