Desperate columns by liberal commentators in a concerted coordinated effort to resist election integrity measures. Content: Democrats are good and Republicans are bad evil. Now, add horror shock and zombie movie headlines to Jim Crow, poll taxes, literacy tests and segregation. The only limit to the rhetoric on the issue is their imagination.
With the hockey mask, we definitely want to see some photo ID.
There is this laugher story in the Nation about the True the Vote Summit. The tone is frustrated and the content is inaccurate. I won’t waste space detailing all the inaccuracies by Bretin Mock. One is enough. Mock writes:
Topping it off, former Congressman Artur Davis (yes, that one) had some kind words for the protesters outside the conference. But if there were actual protesters they must have been invisible. The only people gathered outside the conference hotel were a bunch of African-American motorcycle clubs on their bikes, a few of whom told me they had no idea who True the Vote was or that they had a conference going on.
Mock claims the protesters were invisible. Mock apparently doesn’t read Election Law Center or PJ Media. Bryan Preston at PJ Media has an Invisible Protester Detecting Camera, because he took these photos. (Don’t expect Rick Hasen’s election blog to update his post of Mock’s story pointing out his inaccuracies. Inaccuracies aren’t important in some places.)
The invisible protesters:
UPDATE: Hasen provides a link for those to learn about the Invisible Protesters for those at his blog who decide to click the link. Lets hope that’s the last time he posts such a demonstrably innacurate article by Bretin Mock.
A WSPA video report shows the President of the Spartanburg, South Carolina NAACP going door-to-door “making sure voters know about the new Voter ID law, offering free rides to get one, even finding sponsors for people who can’t afford it. The voter response? ‘We haven’t seemed to have nobody interested in going out to get a picture ID.’” “Identifying the people affected by the Voter ID law is the easy part – the state keeps a list of people who are registered to vote but don’t have a picture ID. Right now that list is over 200,000 names long. But here’s the thing: Everyone on this list could get a picture ID without any additional paperwork.”
The mayor of Austin and a city employee are charged with violating Indiana Election Law by unlawfully taking custody of absentee voter ballots, and are each charged with two counts of vote fraud and conspiracy. Did four people just get struck by lightning? Story here.
Not mentioned in the story is Mayor Campbell’s party affiliation – Democrat.
National Review: “As long as the Justice Department turns a blind eye to unethical and biased behavior within its ranks, citizens can have no expectation of just treatment. Any state that submits its voter-ID law for administrative review by the Voting Section — instead of going straight to federal court in Washington — is making a very foolish mistake.”
The purportedly non-existent exists. “Democratic precinct chairwoman candidate indicted in voter fraud case in Fort Worth.” “That’s because minorities, be they black, Hispanic or Asian, tend live in areas where voter fraud is more prevalent, ]John] Fund explained. Liberals who invoke false allegations of racism in an effort to block ID laws are actually doing minorities a great disservice, Fund argued. ‘I believe the biggest victims of voter fraud today are minorities,’ he said. ‘They obviously support it [voter ID], they think voter fraud is a more serious problem than anyone…Their leadership has failed them by yelling racism in a crowded little theater, and by dividing us rather than uniting us. Their entire edifice is built on fraud and misrepresentation.’ A large part of the problem at the local level stems from ‘patronage armies, hacks and consultants, who do politics for a living,’ Fund observed. ‘They need to win, because they need to eat. It’s not about an honest living.’” ‘Everything you do has to be above board,’ Adams said. ‘They [the vote fraud deniers] are liars. Give no quarter.'” Full story at American Spectator.
The bad week for voter fraud deniers grows worse.
Florida: “Court Rules Against FL Democrats”
Am Spectator on True the Vote Summit: “Patronage Armies”
. . . Voter integrity activists should not be discouraged by the scope and magnitude of the opposition, Adams said. Even so, they should have an understanding of the tactics that will be used, he added.