Author Archives: J Christian Adams

North Carolina finds 2,214 Registered Voters over the age of 110

Flashback to 2012 at Brietbart: This isn’t necessarily evidence of vote theft. It could be a massively
failed voter registration system, although it is notable that the
largest number of these voters just happen to be Democrats. But what
ever is the case, it is highly unlikely to have this many centenarian
voters still able to get out of their wheelchairs or retirement homes
and have a run down to the polling place. Something certainly seems
amiss in North Carolina.

Media Roundup on Davis v. Guam brief in 9th Circuit

Since you can’t find this election law news roundup elsewhere, links to coverage of the appeal brief in the 9th Circuit on election law issues and civil rights statutes:

Pacific News Center: Appeal Asks 9th Circuit to “Strike Down” Part of Status Plebiscite Law Arguing Its “Racially Discriminatory”

Pacific Daily News: Resident Takes Plebiscite Case to 9th Circuit

Updated: Appeal Asks 9th Circuit to “Strike Down” Part of Status Plebiscite Law Arguing Its “Racially Discriminatory”

Zombies in Mississippi to Be Removed from Rolls

Tabella has the link below, but I’ve got to post the full Clarion Ledger fun on our settlement in ACRU v. Walthall County:


Under a consent decree filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court, dead people who used to live in Mississippi’s Walthall County will no longer be allowed to vote there.


The A.P. this morning first reported the deal, in which the county agreed to scrub its voter rolls of people who shouldn’t be voting, including, but not limited to disenfranchised felons, cadavers used for medical research, people who live in Alaska, Civil War veterans and mummies.


Walthall County had 11,219 voting-age residents in 2012 and 12,752 registered voters as of Wednesday, according to the A.P. That’s a difference of about 1,500 registered voters who definitely should be purged from the list, but because only around 75 percent of the eligible voting population nationwide is registered, there’s a good chance that thousands more no longer belong on the voting rolls either.


The lawsuit that sparked the settlement was brought by what I can only assume is the conservative version of the ACLU, the American Civil Rights Union. The group apparently believes voting rights should be restricted to those who can perform such complex tasks as breathing and filling out a ballot.


The deceased voters of Walthall County could not be reached for comment, and I’m having a hard time finding other opponents of the decree.


Notably, the ruling does not explicitly address the voting rights of the undead — those who once died, and were then reanimated, like a zombie or (SPOILER ALERT)¹ Buffy the Vampire Slayer. But because the process for disqualifying a dead voter involves cross-checking with the Social Security Administration and the Department of Health, there may be a way for disenfranchised corpses to retain their voting rights by reactivating their social security numbers.


But honestly, that sounds like an awful lot of paperwork to vote in the local tax collector’s race.

Consent Decree in ACRU v. Walthall County MS for Voter Roll Clean-Up

Here is the consent decree we reached in ACRU v. Walthall County (MS).  The consent decree is the first consent decree with a private plaintiff in the 20 year history of Motor Voter resulting in a voter roll clean-up.  Walthall County, Mississippi, had 125% of eligible voting age citizens registered to vote.  Walthall admitted liability under Section 8 of Motor Voter and agreed to commence cleaning up the rolls. 

Wisconsin Republican state legislator files election reform bill

Wisconsin legislators met Wednesday to hear public testimony on six
bills regarding administrative rules on Election Day, including a bill
requiring listing proof of residency on the poll lists for first-time
voters.


Sen. Mary Lazich, R-New Berlin, lead author of the six bills and
Committee on Elections and Urban Affairs chair, said the administration
of the recount of ballots in Racine on June 5, 2012 and unsolved voter
fraud investigations in Milwaukee prompted her to write the bills. 

Link to stories here and here