Secretary of state Delbert Hosemann was in Lamar County Tuesday night, speaking to Republicans at the Midway Voting Precinct about progress in implementing the state’s new voter ID law. Link.
Author Archives: J Christian Adams
James O’Keefe Sues Main Justice for Defamation
Main Justice is one of Eric Holder’s best friends in the new media. Today James O’Keefe sued Main Justice for defamation. More at PJ Tatler.
Michigan Begins Contacting Potential NonCitizens on Rolls
Story linked here.
Wisconsin Voter Fraud Billboards Didn’t Work
Remember the absurd controversy last year in Wisconsin and Ohio about the billboards informing voters about the simple fact voter fraud is a crime? In 2013, law abiding citizens are criticized for citing the law by those who aid lawlessness – like the lawlessness of Leonard Brown – the Milwaukee voter who voted five times for President.
How did Leonard Brown Vote 5 Times in Milwaukee for President?
This AP story describes Leonard Brown’s guilty plea for voting five times in Milwaukee for President in November 2012. What it fails to mention is how he did it. One would think that the mechanics of such a scheme are a public issue so that it can be prevented in the future. Did voter ID, or the lack thereof, in Wisconsin contribute to the crime? Did some aspect of Wisconsin’s registration law? These are the sorts of answers that the AP never provides. Could it be that the answers might impact the larger narrative about election integrity laws, laws such as advance registration or voter ID?
Hopefully some Credible Academics can look into the question.
High Times in Michigan: “Ferndale pot petitioner charged with voter fraud”
“The man who successfully petitioned to put a pot decriminalization proposal on Ferndale’s ballot in the upcoming election was charged Tuesday with misdemeanor voter fraud.”
What’s On My Bookshelf?
PJ Media’s Freedom Academy focuses on my bookshelf this week, including my 2013 recommendations, and what I am reading now. The Freedom Academy is a place to get recommendations from folks like Ben Shapiro, Victor Davis Hanson and Jonah Goldberg, and this week, me.
Jimmy Carter’s Change of Heart
Bob Knight at the Washington Times
“In June 2012, the Justice Department also sued Florida for purging its rolls of noncitizens. The suit was spearheaded by Thomas E. Perez, the radical assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, who went on to become secretary of labor. . . .
The Carter-Baker report is well worth a read. It is chockfull of ways to discourage vote fraud and to expand access. In theory, that should please liberals as well as conservatives. In fact, it should please everyone but vote fraudsters and their enablers.”
Except they don’t.
Milwaukee man pleads guilty to five counts of felony voter fraud
A Milwaukee man pleaded guilty Monday to illegally voting five times last year in West Milwaukee, when in fact he did not have residency there. Leonard K. Brown, 56, still faces a charge of voting twice in the November presidential election and making a false statement to an election official on election day…
Multiple convictions for ‘non-existent’ voter fraud in Milwaukee:
The Journal Sentinel has more.