Author Archives: J Christian Adams
Stick with what you know: Colin Powell attacks GOP on VoterID
Breitbart has more.
“Chairman Paul Ryan, Meet DOJ Lawyer Daniel Freeman”
Latest at PJ Rule of Law. I thought you might like to learn more about the fellow who boasted he started that wave of boos at your inaugural appearance: Department of Justice Voting Section lawyer Daniel Freeman. . . . We understand, however, that your duties setting spending levels for federal agencies like the Department of Justice often leave you too busy to keep up with the partisan rot deep inside the civil service at DOJ. If your duties as Chair of the House Committee on the Budget permit just a few minutes, PJ Media thought you’d like to learn a bit more about the man who started the wave of boos against you, as well as how his office is corrupting the enforcement of federal election laws. Come budget time, maybe your Committee can boo back.
“Dear Representative Ryan:
You’ll note that he didn’t have any experience in federal election law. No matter. Experience in the activist trenches as a radical leftist is the top qualification at Eric Holder’s Civil Rights Division. . . . “
Academia Unhinged: “Voter ID = KKK”
More out of touch nonsense from the Ivory Tower, this time from a Penn State professor.
Voting Section Lawyer’s Partisan Rudeness Makes National News
UPDATE: Freeman’s outburst is now at Drudge.
Today Mark Steyn talked about Voting Section attorney Daniel Freeman on Rush Limbaugh’s national radio show. National Review also has this story about Freeman’s rude and uncivil outburst at the inauguration. Before coming to DOJ, Freeman represented Islamic terrorists. He is also covered extensively at my book Injustice. (link over there on left).
Nice Deb has more on Freeman’s politicized background.
Any state or local election official who must deal with the Department of Justice Voting Section must realize they are dealing with unabashed political partisans. Freeman’s rude outburst is but one tiny symptom of deeper malaise in Holder’s Justice Department. Any official who receives a call from Freeman’s Voting Section should contact attorney’s familiar with the hyper-partisan nature of the place, and there are plenty. Just look at any brief that former DOJ officials have filed in Shelby, or email me for the names of others who formerly served as political appointees in the Bush Justice Department who could assist.
Ineligible Wisconsin Felon Missed by “Busy” Poll Workers Casts Illegal Vote
“She said the mistake should have been caught when Reinelt tried to vote, but the poll workers were busy and must not have cross-checked his registration.”
“Karl Reinelt, A 51-year-old felon, was charged in Waukesha County Circuit Court with one count of election fraud after voting in the Nov. 6, 2012 election. The alleged illegal vote was first reported the day after the election by Clerk-Treasurer Nancy Zastrow. She said she first noticed the mistake when comparing the new registrants sheets with the Government Accountability Board’s list of convicted felons.
More here.
Photo ID and Electoral College Reform returns to Nebraska
Photo ID and ending the splitting of Nebraska electoral college votes is on the agenda in Nebraska. Link to story.
Richmond County, GA Board of Elections investigating voters with vacant lot addresses
The eligibility of more than 30 Richmond County voters is being
challenged because they don’t appear to live where they are registered. Most of the voters were registered to vote from vacant lots or
business addresses… which can be considered voter fraud if the voters
don’t actually live there. Link
Recount Costs GOP NY Senate
A reader emails: “who says recounts don’t count….GOP technically has control due to renegade Dems, but this is another example of courts intervening to decertify a previously certified winner.”
The link.
FL Gov Scott provides new flexibility and local control over early voting days, hours, and size of facility
The outline of Florida Governor Scott’s election reform package is here.
What jumps out at you is the new flexibility introduced into the system and how it allows the Florida local election officials to respond to low turnout elections with a minimal days of early voting and smaller early voting sites and then similarly respond to high turnout elections with an increased number of days and larger early voting sites. All at the discretion of local election officials. Apparently, the old system was very regimented with a set number of hours and type of early voting sites as dictated by the state legislature.
- More Early Voting Days – Increase the number of days available for
early voting. We should allow Supervisors of Elections the flexibility
to offer anywhere between eight and 14 days of early voting. Hours of
operation should range between six and 12 hours a day. This should
include the Sunday before Election Day, allowing Supervisors the option
to accommodate the needs of their community as they requested in
committee meetings this week. This would also allow the greatest access
to early voting ever in Florida history – at up to 168 hours. - More Early Voting Locations – Work with Supervisors to allow more
and larger early voting locations to help reduce wait times, long lines,
and to better convenience voters. - Shorter Ballot – Reduce the length of the ballot, including the description of proposed constitutional amendments.
This is a true reform giving the local election officials wide discretion to react
to varying levels of turnout on the ground and meet the needs of
citizens.
The nationalization of
local elections by the federal government would never allow the flexibility of election officials
to respond to local turnout situations by increasing or decreasing early voting days, hours, or building size based on the actual turnout or election. It would simply be cookie-cutter, one size fits all.