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Mirkarimi Introduces Landmark Expansion of SRO Voting Rights
When political observers think of problems with voting rights, hanging chads in Florida, Ohio’s harsh restrictions on voter registration, and touch screen voting problems come to mind. But San Francisco has its own obstacle to voting: landlords’ refusal to allow Get out the Vote activities in the city’s single room occupancy hotels (SRO’s). Since door-to-door voter outreach has proven the single biggest factor in increasing turnout among low-income, infrequent voters, the denial of such outreach in SRO’s contributes to low voter-turnout among hotel residents. Mirkarimi will introduce legislation today preventing SRO landlords from stifling tenant voting, a big step in both increasing voting among the poor and ending the vestige of SRO tenants as second-class citizens.
When political observers think of problems with voting rights, hanging chads in Florida, Ohio’s harsh restrictions on voter registration, and touch screen voting problems come to mind. But San Francisco has its own obstacle to voting: landlords’ refusal to allow Get out the Vote activities in the city’s single room occupancy hotels (SRO’s). Since door-to-door voter outreach has proven the single biggest factor in increasing turnout among low-income, infrequent voters, the denial of such outreach in SRO’s contributes to low voter-turnout among hotel residents. Mirkarimi will introduce legislation today preventing SRO landlords from stifling tenant voting, a big step in both increasing voting among the poor and ending the vestige of SRO tenants as second-class citizens.
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