“The national group urged the U.S. Department of Justice, as well as Maryland and Florida election officials, to launch investigations based on its findings.”
These are federal felonies. Read more at the Baltimore Sun.
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DOJ Sued for Lavender Law Conference
The Judicial Watch Presser: Judicial Watch Sues DOJ for LGBT Bar Association’s 2012 Lavender Law Conference & Career Fair Documents DOJ “cover up” has continued for 11 months since filing of original FOIA request in August, 2012 (Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Justice (No. 1:13-cv-00949)) on June 21, 2013, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the Obama Department of Justice (DOJ) for all records of communications between the DOJ and the LGBT Bar Association (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender) relating to the August 23, 2012, LGBT “Lavender Law Conference & Career Fair.” The Conference featured Attorney General Eric Holder as its keynote speaker. On August 27, 2012, Judicial Watch had submitted a FOIA request to the DOJ Office of Information Policy (OIP) requesting the following information: All records concerning, referring to, or relating to the National LGBT Bar Association’s 2012 Lavender Law Conference & Career Fair. By a letter dated September 26, 2012, OIP acknowledged receiving the Judicial Watch FOIA request and on September 26, 2012, responded that the request fell within the “unusual circumstances” of the Act, but failed to provide “a date on which determination is expected to be dispatched,” as required by law. After OIP failed to provide any further communications, Judicial Watch, on March 18, 2013, contacted OIP asking that the records be provided without further delay. On March 19, 2013, Judicial Watch received a letter from OIP saying that the search of the Office of the Attorney General had completed and that OIP was now reviewing the records that had been located. The letter also stated that because the records contained information of interest to other DOJ offices, OIP could respond only after consulting those offices. No information was provided as to the status of searches for records with other offices. On March 22, 2013, Judicial Watch filed an administrative appeal seeking compliance with the original FOIA request. OIP acknowledged receiving the appeal on the same day and was required to make a determination on the appeal within 20 working days. To date OIP has failed to provide any further information concerning the FOIA request or the subsequent appeal. On August 23, 2012, in his keynote address at the LGBT Lavender Law Conference, Attorney General Eric Holder congratulated “the tireless work of advocates and attorneys in and far beyond this room” who advanced the LGBT agenda, and called for the passion of its members to continue the “momentum.” Holder also reminded the audience that the Obama DOJ was refusing to defend the Defense of Marriage Act, though at the time, it was still prevailing law of the land. A month previous to his LGBT Lavender Conference appearance, Holder led a group of DOJ employees in honoring Anoka-Hennepin School District of Minnesota students involved in a lawsuit to force the district to endorse homosexual conduct. Five of the students received an award at DOJ’s annual LGBT Pride Month program in the Great Hall of the Main Justice Building. In March, 2013, Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Obama Departments of Justice (DOJ) and Education (DOE) on behalf of the Family Research Council (FRC) for records regarding their involvement in the Anoka-Hennepin suit. “The Department of Justice is increasingly home to a bevy of leftist activists pursuing narrow ideological agendas at the expense of the public interest,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “And Justice officials want to keep this all a secret – as shown by the fact that we had to file a FOIA lawsuit to get basic information about the Attorney General’s collusion with homosexual activists/government employees.” ###
“BREAKING: Judge orders special election for Hattiesburg mayor”
“Judge William F. Coleman approved a motion filed by Dave Ware’s attorneys calling for a special election in the Hattiesburg mayoral race.”
Results of another close Mississippi local election thrown out due to Democrat misconduct. The Clarion-Ledger:
From an earlier report: “Ware contested last month’s general election, during which he lost to incumbent Democrat Mayor Johnny DuPree. Ware, an independent who lost the election by 37 votes, charged voter fraud and irregular voting procedures led to his loss…
“During additional deliberations, the jury sent a note to the judge saying that one member feared retribution if they publicly stated their decision for Ware.”
As Yall Politics observes, “This is a huge win for those who fight voter fraud and a huge loss for those who pretend it doesn’t exist. You can bet the new election will be watched closely.”
Canton, Mississippi also had to call a special election, for Ward 1 Alderman, after a judge ruled that illegal voting and voter intimidation occurred in the May Democratic primary.
MD Delegate Demands Full Investigation of Double Voting
“Delegate Kelly Schulz on Monday called on state leaders to launch an investigation based on an election integrity group’s report identifying 173 cases of interstate voter fraud in Maryland and Florida. The organization, True the Vote, prepared the report by comparing voter rolls in Maryland and Florida and sent its findings to the U.S. Department of Justice and officials in both states. Shortly after the analysis was released, Schulz fired off a letter to Bobbie S. Mack, chairman of the Maryland State Board of Elections, and Linda Lamone, the state administrator of elections, asking for an official investigation into the group’s data. “There is a great deal of concern regarding the voter data base,” Schulz, R-District 4A, said in her letter.”
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Boozing it up at FVAP, on Federal Contractor’s Dime
The emails are coming fast and furious today about FVAP shenanigans. It turns out an all night booze binge occurred among FVAP staffers at an Election Center annual conference. (That’s the same place all the FVAP staffers are right now in Georgia.) Again, we suspect Undersecretary Jennifer Wright would not approve. At least we assume.
At the EC National Meeting in August of 2009, Paddy McGuire and Robin Burgess stayed up all night drinking at the pool. Robin and Paddy secretly finagled expensive dinners with the contractors and vendors. This was when the contractors and vendors were competing for the grant monies
Stay tuned. We’ll have more details coming soon about FVAP staff boozing it up at lavish dinners with contractors and vendors to the agency.
Again, will Undersecretary Jennifer Wright care?
Update: Another email from an FVAP source says this post has one small inaccuracy. The all night boozing occurred in 2010 in Orlando, not in 2009, but that the wine and dines from federal contractor vendors were indeed notorious.
More on the partisanship at FVAP
Will Undersecretary Jennifer Wright do anything to end the perception that FVAP has whiffs of a partisan Democrat operation among some election officials?
Since posting earlier about the partisan embeds at FVAP, we received an email from a well placed reader detailing the partisan Democrat background of the person the Obama administration chose to run FVAP: National’s fan and partisan Democrat, Paddy McGuire. It comes as no surprise to many that the Obama administration has placed a seasoned partisan in the position to oversee military voting, or the lack thereof. The content of the email follows:
Background Summary of Paddy McGuire:
Paddy McGuire was the Oregon State Director for Clinton/Gore in 1996 and the Clinton/Gore Political Director in 1992, both Presidential Election cycles. He was the Executive Director of the Oregon Democrat Party for 4 years from 1988-1992 and then he served as a political appointee at the Department of the Interior for 5 years (1993-1998) under President Clinton.
Oregon State/Political Director
Clinton/Gore 92
“Paddy McGuire managed the most exciting campaign of my lifetime. In 1992, a little-known Governor from a small Southern state rose up to capture the Presidency. Bill Clinton succeeded with the help of political professionals like McGuire. He organized and led a powerful political operation that persuaded citizens to embrace change. Bush lost the election in Oregon by nearly 10 points, an extraordinary margin of victory against an incumbent. McGuire is an exceptional leader, motivator, planner and problem solver. His work on behalf of the Democratic Party fueled a progressive agenda that transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of Oregonians.” February 17, 2011
2nd Chris Vetter, Public Relations Aide, United States Presidential Campaign
worked indirectly for Paddy at Clinton/Gore 92
Director of Intergovernmental Affairs
US Department of the Interior
Government Agency; 10,001+ employees; Executive Office industry
1993 – 1998 (5 years)
Oregon State Director
Clinton/Gore ’96
1996 – 1996 (less than a year)
Oregon State/Political Director
Clinton/Gore 92
1992 – 1992 (less than a year)
Executive Director
Democratic Party of Oregon
1988 – 1992 (4 years)
“Election watchdog hands FL 173 cases of alleged voter fraud”
Florida Watchdog.
Voter ID Critics Rely on ‘Scare Tactics’ and ‘Divisive Politics’
North Carolina’s governor is defending a voter ID bill he
signed into law earlier this week, saying that critics’ complaints that
the new law will hurt voting are simply “scare tactics.”
Gov. Pat McCrory, a Republican, discussed the new law in a YouTube video
arguing that North Carolina is joining many other states that already
have voter ID laws, and those from the “extreme left” who criticize the
photo ID law are relying on “scare tactics” and “divisive politics.”
Link at ABC News.
Washington Post cites to Phantom Voter ID law in imaginary Florida Battle
The Washington Post may have been one of the first out of the gate with their analysis of the North Carolina voter ID bill with an article entitled “North Carolina governor signs extensive voter ID law.” Predictably, a combination of incompetence and bias results in the Washington Post article inexplicably citing to some epic battle over a new voter ID in Florida. There was no new voter ID law and the battle over the phantom law never occurred. Double whiff.
The Justice Department is also looking to challenge a new Voter ID law in Texas and has also fought against a new Voter ID law in Florida.
Yes, the Department of Justice is looking to challenge the new voter ID law in Texas but the Washington Post is peddling incorrect information about some phantom voter ID fight in Florida. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), Florida has had a photo ID law for years. And no new photo ID law took effect in Florida in 2012 or 2013.
If the author had taken the time to investigate, he would have found there was litigation in Florida last year over early voting and citizenship verification using the federal SAVE database; however, it is bewildering how the Washington Post and the author came to the conclusion that DOJ recently fought some pitched voter ID battle in Florida that reflects in any way the litigation in Texas. It just didn’t happen and there are no facts to support that assertion. The only explanation other than gross error is that the Washington Post is conflating voter ID laws with other types of voting laws in an effort to mislead and misinform the American public.
More Election Fraud Guilty Pleas in DC Mayor Election
“According to a document filed in court, Hawkins told a local caterer who worked on part of Gray’s “Get Out the Vote” campaign, to leave town for an extended period to avoid federal investigators’ questions. Hawkins told federal investigators last year that he had no knowledge of someone being intentionally sent away. But the information presented to a grand jury alleged that Hawkins gave an unidentified individual money in Dec. 2011 to leave the area. The money allegedly came from Eugenia Harris, another campaign aide who pleaded guilty last year to directing $653,000 in off-the-books funds from a D.C. businessman to the campaign. Two other campaign workers have agreed to plea deals over their handling of campaign funds.”
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