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Bids/Classifieds Advertising deadlines 12:00 Noon Monday Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. To place your ad, email advertising@theskanner.com In A First, Black Voter Turnout Rate Passes Whites By Hope Yen The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s blacks voted at a higher rate than other minority groups in 2012 and by most measures surpassed the white turnout for the first time, reflecting a deeply polarized presidential election in which blacks strongly supported Barack Obama while many whites stayed home. Had people voted last November at the same rates they did in 2004, when black turnout was below its current his- toric levels, Republican Mitt Romney would have won nar- rowly, according to an analysis conducted for The Associated Press. Census data and exit polling show that whites and blacks will remain the two largest racial groups of eligible voters for the next decade. Last year’s heavy black turnout came despite concerns about the effect of new voter-identification laws on minority voting, outweighed by the desire to re- elect the first black president. William H. Frey, a demographer at the Brookings Institu- KITSAP TRANSIT K.T. No. 13-460 INVITATION FOR BIDS Laundry Services Kitsap Transit, the public transportation provider in Kitsap County is requesting bids from firms interested in pro- viding Laundry Services. Kitsap Transit reserves the right to reject any and all bids without cause and to waive any informalities or irregular- ities. Copies of the Invitation for Bids may be obtained by con- tacting Kitsap Transit at 360-478-6220, or at 60 Wash- ington Ave., Suite 200, Bremerton, WA 98337, by email from ktpurchasing@kitsaptransit.com. Mailed or hand-delivered sealed bids will be accepted until 10:00 a.m. PST on May 15, 2013 at Kitsap Transit’s main administrative office, 60 Washington Ave., Suite 200, Bremerton, WA 98337. Kitsap Transit in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat., 252.42 U.S.C. 2000d to 2000-4 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations Department of Transportation, subtitle A, of the Secretary, Part 21, nondiscrimination in federally assisted pro- grams of the DOT issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color or national origin in consideration for an award. tion, analyzed the 2012 elections for the AP using census data on eligible voters and turnout, along with November’s exit polling. He estimated total votes for Obama and Rom- ney under a scenario where 2012 turnout rates for all racial groups matched those in 2004. Overall, 2012 voter turnout ‘It remains to be seen how successful Democrats are if you don’t have Barack Obama at the top of the ticket’ -- GOP consultant Whit Ayres was roughly 58 percent, down from 62 percent in 2008 and 60 percent in 2004. The analysis also used population projections to estimate the shares of eligible voters by race group through 2030. The numbers are supplemented with material from the Pew Research Center and George Mason University associate professor Michael McDonald, a leader in the field of voter turnout who separately reviewed aggregate turnout levels across states, as well as AP interviews with the Census Bureau and other experts. The bureau is scheduled to release data on voter turnout in May. Overall, the findings represent a tipping point for blacks, who for much of America’s history were disenfranchised and then effectively barred from voting until passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965. But the numbers also offer a cautionary note to both Democrats and Republicans after Obama won in November with a historically low percentage of white supporters. While Latinos are now the biggest driver of U.S. population growth, they still trail whites and blacks in turnout and elec- toral share, because many of the Hispanics in the country are children or noncitizens. In recent weeks, Republican leaders have urged a ``year- round effort’’ to engage black and other minority voters, describing a grim future if their party does not expand its core support beyond white males. The 2012 data suggest Romney was a particularly weak GOP candidate, unable to motivate white voters let alone attract significant black or Latino support. 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Romney would have erased Obama’s nearly 5 million- vote victory margin and narrowly won the popular vote if voters had turned out as they did in 2004, according to Frey’s analysis. Then, white turnout was slightly higher and black voting lower. More significantly, the battleground states of Ohio, Penn- sylvania, Virginia, Florida and Colorado would have tipped in favor of Romney, handing him the presidency if the out- come of other states remained the same. ``The 2012 turnout is a milestone for blacks and a huge potential turning point,’’ said Andra Gillespie, a political science professor at Emory University who has written extensively on black politicians. ``What it suggests is that there is an `Obama effect’ where people were motivated to support Barack Obama. But it also means that black turnout may not always be higher, if future races aren’t as salient.’’ Whit Ayres, a GOP con- sultant who is advising GOP Sen. 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