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Hefley, Tancredo among 'no' votes

Published July 14, 2006 at midnight

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WASHINGTON - Two Colorado Republicans were among only 33 lawmakers who voted against reauthorization of the landmark Voting Rights Act.

Reps. Joel Hefley, R-Colorado Springs, and Tom Tancredo, R-Littleton, were on the losing side of a 390-33 vote. They said their opposition stemmed from requirements for multilanguage ballots in some communities and extra regulations placed on jurisdictions with past histories of discrimination.

Voting yes on the final bill were fellow Republican Reps. Bob Beauprez, R-Arvada, and Marilyn Musgrave, R-Fort Morgan, and three Democrats, Reps. Diana DeGette, D-Denver, Mark Udall, D-Eldorado Springs, and John Salazar, D-Manassa.

Earlier, all four Republicans had supported a failed amendment that would have stripped away a requirement for ballots to be printed in multiple languages in places with concentrated populations of people not proficient in English.