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Show \4 The Salt Lake Tribune ut some fear ruling party ill block absentee voting IE ASSOCIATED PRESS © X1CO0 CITY — They account » than 10 percent of Mexis adults andprovideits third- irgost source of income, afteroil 1 urism. But they haveno di! voice in politics — because do not live in Mexico. I hey are the millions of workho have left their homeland, 1 ost for the United States, most escape poverty. Now, many Mexico's next presidential n will be thefirst in which veasay ‘ans in the United States »osition politicians in Mex- ) sant to establish absenteevottime for the July 2000elechich is shaping up as the threat yet to the ruling 70-year lock on power. ther they will be able to do s ultimately up to the governInstitutional Revolutionary ily itself, and supportersof the accuse party leaders of newalling out of fear that Mex- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Mexicans in the United States ns in Mexico City ofletting Mexican JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — For South Africans looking to the future in the reminder of the past Living in United States 14%. Living in Mexico said Jorge Portillos, a ition. Thisis not democracy. PRI politicians agreed in 1996 ange the constitution to allow to cast ballots outside their e districts. But they haveyet a system for voting by PR! 1 Flatware Sale way“is simplythe political will,” the institute’s governing council. One complication, though, is the 1996 reform law thatsaid in order to hold voting abroad, the federal government would have to create a National Registry of July 2000. The main problem is that to provecitizenship, Mexicans need documents, and in Mexico up to 15 percent of people lack even a proper birth certificate, an Interi- or Ministry official said “We will fight to have [voting a congressman from the pro-business National Action Party, “We Castilla has proposed legisla tion that would allow voting placesetting d Retail $100 | no finance charge when payments are made as scheduled, buying couldn't be easier! Askany sales associatefor details 95 percent of Mexican adults al ready carry set upin schools, shopping malls or parks. Voters in areas with few ly thing standing in the ZCMI Everyday Value $50 be ableto register with the Mexi- Mexicans would be allowed to mail in their ballots. abroad in 2000 found 83 percent the United States Manufacturer's SuggestedRetail $90 Nobodydoesit better. Paynointerest for up to 24 months on your Oneida flatware purchase of $150 or more. With payments as low as $15 a month and ample, and present the federal is a proposal to mod to | can embassy or consulate, for ex- foundation of Mexi al process. This is not ically viable” Five-piecestaink Manufacturer ZCMI Everyday Value accented wi abroad in 2000. Mexicans would The elections institute would decide how voting could be done In the United States, volunteers would be neededto staff as many as 7,000 booths, which could be election Federal Elections In November that it Five-piec want this now. no reasonshould weput at credibility of the system. fredo Phillips Olmedo, a foreign affairs undtopic that we $50 LTD* - The First Time Ever! abroad] implemented in 2000,” said Rafael Castilla Peniche. elections card that an estimated congressman who heads the Silver Department nowthrough June8,only! ment Opposition parties are not willing to wait and see living abroad members say election re: snot amatter to be rushed off the manufacturer's suggested retail price on all stainless steel 5-pc.place settings in the Mexico's civil registry system is being modernized, with new ef- office. And, the official said, “we're not sure whether it will be a priority of the next govern- United States. We already make up between 14 and 15 percent of the Mexican electorate. If they exclude us t would belike the United States 1 excluding all of the black r pule ation, all of the Latino pop- Hathaway’s story Stainiess Steel AssociatedPress that they say we will have,” said h thelevel of democratization Its existence wasfirst revealed by a former member in 1989. OneidaClassi meHigh concentration forts to reach isolated rural regions, but the jobwill not be done before the next president takes political scientist Jesus Martin showed her a pin “How cute glance, then promptly handed back. Pin collecto re now calling it “the pi that Deedeerefuses to wear Corradini’s office could not confirm or den whereit operated lence withits rival, the African National Con- temagain excludes7 to 10 million Mexicans who live abroad, then havenot reached and will not Saldana, a Mexican whohasspent nuchof his careerteachingin the Zulu plied with weaponsin the 1980sto foment vio ship identification card. All sides agree that isn’t feasible before “If the Mexican electoral sys- As Hathawaytells it, he greeted Corr an occasional interview subject, 3 people, many of them ANC militants. Started gress Citizens and issue a new citizen- that kind of sentiment to pressure the PRI to establish voting abroad in time for the 2000 election. Vhey sayif it doesn’t, it will be reneging on promises of greater democratization. Lake's gifts-for-votes Olympic scandal — ir cluding Mayor Corradini he who has a stake in the elections to mocracy would allow everyone er. It features no Olympic symbol, but mo: people understand the connection to Sa in the late 1970s, it was named for a farm about 20 miles from Pretoria, the capital, nationalist party that De Kock says he sup- ed north 15 years ago. “A true de- cast a vote.” Movementactivists are using The “bribes” pin has global appeal, howes ee ifford it,” San Diego shop owner whohead- the Zion curtain,” that pin says. De Kock, a police colonel, led the Viakplaas counterinsurgency unit from 1985 to 1993. Under his command, the unit killedat least 70 ments that employed him. Another victim of th Mormon Temple. “Help! I'mtrapped behin for the commission who is marshaling evidence in the case. tional Party, which ran the apartheid govern said Emilio Zebadua, a memberof the UnitedStates. They just can’t ‘A third pintakes aimat Utah's predomi ay Mormonreligion, showing the gates son. . and yet there is this other, completely evil sideto hin aid RamulaPatel, a lawyer the already dwindling fortunesof the NewNa- Alok at wherem population livin Siaies has set a Lowconcentration: ¢ say leaders of the ruling known as the PRI, fear ainst the PRI part of South Africa's attempts paignfor the June2 election. Media reports on his testimony could hurt tof the Mexican the United icans angry over the econom- ek work abroad will vote Another, black pin comes in the s ape of th state of Utah and depicts ared sla h through martini glass. “‘Utah’s night life.” it says, nesty and haveprison termsoverturned “Anybody who has spoken to [De Kock], theyfind him tobe this honest, forthright per- to healthedivisionsof the past. De Kock’s recounting of ivities also begins during the final stretch of the cam KKDS-AM 1060 dreamed up “bribes” pinas onein aseries hehas cr to poke fun at Utahculture. cal motive for their crimes can be granted am- The monthlong hearing before a panel of Pretoria will be a major test of the amnesty me advocates of absentee Others are even morecynical. PRI leaders “knowthey can't » rigging election boxes here in host for Under the amnesty law, perpetrators who tell the completetruth and can provea politi- the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in could be the Inkatha Freedom Party, rs of the old govern- about the workings ofthe apartheid state. ducethe two life terms plus 212 years he received for some of those crimes. process, a key wayis a pin maker by hobby. The talk mentand an important sourceof information apartheidstate, is seekingtosignificantly re- Mexican adultsliving abroad Most Mexican adults living ide of Mexico live in the United Abreakdown Mexican adults living other 1.3% Mexican adults tiving in UnitedStates 98.7% mostforthcoming m| tifying in a major amnestyhearing. Eugene De Kock, who headeda secret death a With 18 years in the radio business, 1 athe Paradoxically, he has also beenone of the squad that tortured and killed enemiesof the 4 @ Continued From A-1 the government's “‘assassin-in-chief.” awaits them Mon. day whenaniconof apartheid evil beginstes Mexicanadultsof voting age ‘Bribes R Us’ Pin Is HotSeller De Kock, 50, was the most notoriouskiller working for the country’s white rulers and was known as‘Prime Evil” amonghis fellowofficers. 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