Five-day Forecast Florida Weather Hurricane Guide Radar Joseph Brown appears regularly in the Tribune's Commentary section. I've written many times in this space about the persistence of urban legends - stories that sound too good to be true and never are.
Most urban legends are harmless, but one going around again has the potential to do a lot of harm.
It was not made a law. No, this stupid rumor is ludicrous. This is all we need after Election 2000. But people should know better. For starters, the legislation passed in 1965 was the Voting Rights Act, not the Voters Rights Act.