Missouri lawmakers are taking another stab at requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls. The House Elections Committee heard testimony Tuesday on a proposed
amendment to the Missouri Constitution that would allow for a photo ID
requirement. The panel also considered a separate bill that would enact
the mandate.
Link to story.
The author believes high tech IDs could be the answer. Yes, the technology is there but the political will to put partisan talking points aside is not.
Link. No mention of political persuasion like the headline below.
Roxanne Rubin, Nevada Republican, accepts plea deal after committing voter fraud
We must assume the women identified in the story are Democrats. Otherwise, the media would have played up the story highlighting the political persuasion of the law breakers.
Many of the “elite” law schools produce legions of lawyers who seem to be able to do everything, except practice law. They can change the world but they can’t draft a motion.
Washington and Lee in Virginia has established a 3L curriculum designed to serve as the exact opposite of the theory driven ideology posing as law at many American law schools. The Washington and Lee 3L program emphasizes practical application of law, taught by lots of adjunct professors with real world experience in the profession, not just in the the world of academia where academics talk to other academics and few others. And the results are in.
Freemont County Ranger.
The Huffington Post gives rare coverage to voter fraud, find out why. Most all voter fraud is ignored by the Huff Post and like minded sources of election information, some is not.
There is some chance that the new Virginia Senate district created by Senate Republicans on a 20-19 vote is unconstitiuonal. First of all, the argument that the district was necessary to avoid a Section 2 lawsuit sounds questionable. For starters, the geographic contortions of the Virginia Senate districts are rather obvious. Secondly, and more importantly, there are numerous proponents of the new district speaking in terms of a racial purpose in creating the district beyond purported Section 2 compliance. Expect a lawsuit if the districts become effective.
Details at Tidewater.com:
The new redistricting plan approved by senators features the first
new majority-minority district in the Virginia Senate since 1991.
District 25 stretches from Danville to Franklin and includes Southampton and Isle of Wight counties and a portion of Franklin.
Sen. John Watkins, R-Chesterfield, said the new district has an African-American population of 56.2 percent.
“Stretching across Southside Virginia, it will provide the
opportunity for rural African-Americans in Virginia to elect their own
representative to the Senate,” Watkins said. “And it has been drawn
without an incumbent senator to truly provide an opportunity for this
community.”
At Kentucky.com, House Speaker Greg Stumbo has asked state House members to propose new
boundaries for their legislative districts by next Friday, disregarding a
request by Gov. Steve Beshear to delay redistricting until later this
year.
…Stumbo said he would like to accommodate Beshear’s request, “but we
must realize this is strictly a legislative responsibility and I believe
we should attempt to put together a plan that can pass the House and
comply with the latest court decision.”
He was referring to the
Kentucky Supreme Court’s decision to throw out last year’s legislative
redistricting attempt after the maps were challenged by House
Republicans and Sen. Kathy Stein, D-Lexington.
The Alabama Democratic Party has lurched from one defeat to another over
the past three years, and faces some new and formidable obstacles in
the 2014 statewide elections, not least of which are mostly unfavorable
new legislative districts. Link to story.