Texas Insider.    The two Senators are determined to remove the inept military voting enforcement at the Justice Department from the field, where they pulled a Haynesworth in 2010:

The Senators say:

“Sadly, our troops are still forced to rely on the Department of Justice to safeguard their voting rights, which has proven either unwilling or unable to enforce the MOVE Act’s 45-day rule and related laws intended to prevent the disenfranchisement of our men and women in uniform and their families.  These brave Americans put their lives on the line for our democracy, so the least Congress can do is ensure they have the legal tools available to safeguard their own voting rights,” Cornyn said.  

“This isn’t bias. This isn’t prejudice. This is life.”

The Sun joins the gang of vote fraud deniers.  And you’d never believe it, the Sun concludes voter ID is a “solution in search of a problem.”  The Sun got the memo.

“Black leader seeks Justice Department review of Alabama’s ban on PAC-to-PAC transfers.”   If Justice makes any inquiry into this issue, Alabama would seem to be in a strong position to challenge the constitutionality of this application of Section 5.

Here.  

More at PJ Tatler.

Chairman Dan Lungren issued the following statement after today’s hearing at which Tom Perez appeared:

” I find it disturbing that the Department of Justice touted their own success in implementing the MOVE Act when their efforts clearly failed to ensure all military ballots were mailed on time.  In fact, recent data indicates that approximately 20 percent of military personnel serving overseas did not receive the ballots they requested.”

Missouri is discussing implementing voter identification procedures which would seem to defuse the voter ID debate.  No photo ID?  Then if you have fingers or an eyeball, you can vote.  It is “like something out of Star Trek.”  More here.

My latest at Pajamas Media is here.

From PJ Tatler:

Washington Times on military voting in 2010 and today’s hearing in the House Administration Committee.

“Thomas E. Perez, assistant attorney general for civil rights, is testifying today about military voting problems before the House Administration Committee. He should get hammered for the bureaucracy’s laggard attention to making sure those who defend our rights can exercise their own right to vote.”

Montgomery Advertiser.