Author Archives: J Christian Adams

“Top GOP donors seek greater say in Senate races”

The New York Times reports:

The group, the Conservative Victory Project, is intended to counter other organizations that have helped defeat establishment Republican candidates over the last two election cycles. It is the most robust attempt yet by Republicans to impose a new sense of discipline on the party, particularly in primary races.

…The Conservative Victory Project, which is backed by Karl Rove and his allies who built American Crossroads into the largest Republican super PAC of the 2012 election cycle, will start by intensely vetting prospective contenders for Congressional races to try to weed out candidates who are seen as too flawed to win general elections.

Republicans see opening in Missouri for photo ID

Voter advocacy groups think photo ID is unfair, Republicans see an opening for reform.

In 2011, a Republican backed effort that mandated voters have a photo
ID cleared the Legislature, but was vetoed by Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon.

This
year could be different, though, because Republicans have
supermajorities in both the House and Senate, which could allow them to
override Gov. Nixon’s veto power.   Link

Arlington Prosecutors Spring Pat Moran

Arlington County says that they will not prosecute voter fraudster and thug Pat Moran. Pat Moran is the son of Congressman Jim Moran. Oddly, the Commonwealth’s Attorney (or police) blame James O’Keefe for not “cooperating” with the investigation by turning over data. James tells me this is plainly false:

“My lawyer offered the ‘raw tape’,” he says in an email.  Raw tape offers certainly seem like cooperation.

Commonwealth Attorney Theo Stamos is a Democrat and the office is elected in a partisan election.  In fact, Jim Moran supported Stamos in her race for Commonwealth Attorney.  A photo:




Had DOJ granted preclearance as requested, South Carolina Voter ID approval “would only have cost the price of a postage stamp”



Rebutting the Rock Hill Herald’s inaccuracy-laden editorial, South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson sets the record straight:


 


On the high cost of the lawsuit:


DOJ fought us every step of the way, prolonging the process and driving up costs… Had DOJ granted pre-clearance at the outset, as my office requested, it would only have cost the price of a postage stamp to mail a copy of the law to Washington. Instead, DOJ’s actions cost the citizens of South Carolina approximately $3.5 million. Why did the editorial not place the blame for the excessive cost where it rightfully belongs – at the DOJ’s feet?


 


On the facts of the case:


The editorial also misstated a key fact. It said, “In October, a three-judge panel upheld the law, but only if the state allowed voters to opt out of the photo ID requirement by signing an affidavit that they had a ‘reasonable impediment’ to getting a photo ID.” This is categorically wrong… The ‘reasonable impediment’ provision was in the voter ID law all along and was not added later by the judges or anyone else.


 


Looks like the Herald got it as wrong as DOJ did.