Author Archives: J Christian Adams

Rhode Island Democrats Disprove Media Myth That Voter ID Is “Racist”



By raising the bogus specter of racism to undermine and discredit new ID laws, the news media is doing a great disservice to those Americans who are victimized by voter fraud. The list includes Democratic Rep. Anastasia Williams, an African-American from Providence, RI, who was turned away from the polls after someone illegally voted in her place.



State Senator Harold Metts, a black Democrat who championed Rhode Island’s new photo voter ID law in response to multiple voter fraud complaints from his own constituents, says:


 


“The keyword is balance.  There’s always a concern about disenfranchisement, and we should make every effort to ensure that everyone who is eligible to vote can vote. But it has gotten to the point where there is such fear over disenfranchisement that people just buried their heads when it comes time to deal with voter fraud, and that is not healthy for our democracy.”


 


More here.

“States blasted for late absentee ballots”

Air Force Times reports:  A group of key lawmakers want assurances from the Defense and Justice
departments that the rights of military and overseas citizens who vote
absentee will be protected in the Nov. 6 elections.“We are
concerned that, absent prompt and effective remedial action, some men
and women in uniform will be deprived of the 45-day window to vote
guaranteed” by the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act, stated
an Oct. 11 letter signed by Rep. Buck McKeon, R-Calif., chairman of the
House Armed Services Committee; Rep. Daniel E. Lungren, R-Calif.,
chairman of the House Administration Committee; and Rep. Lamar Smith,
R-Texas, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee

Criminal Voter Fraud Defendants Play Race Card in Florida

As we’ve seen so many times before, defendants charged in a criminal voter fraud case in Madison Florida are playing the race card, this time in Florida.  “Racially motivated voter suppression.”

Let’s journey back to Hale County Alabama.  From my book Injustice (Amazon link over there <—–)


As the investigation wrapped up, Attorney General King described “a systemic problem of corruption” in Hale. “It is a culture problem, an elite believing they have the right to decide who holds office,” he declared. Eventually three women active in the all-black political faction would face justice. Two of them, Valada Paige Banks (who had previously been convicted of welfare fraud)and Rosie Lyles, were indicted on multiple felony voter fraud counts in August 2007. In a stunning display of racial solidarity, more than 200 people, almost all black, packed their arraignment hearing and loudly applauded when not guilty pleas were entered. In a corrupt appropriation of the moral authority of the civil rights movement, they wore t-shirts that said, “Greensboro 2: Injustice Anywhere is a Threat to Justice Everywhere.” Outside the courthouse, supporters held hands in a huge circle, sang songs from the civil rights movement, and prayed for the defendants’ legal deliverance. . . .



In August 2009, Rosie Lyles reversed herself and entered a guilty plea to possessing forged absentee ballots. The following month, Valada Paige Banks did a similar about-face and entered a guilty plea to possession of forged absentee ballot applications. The convictions of Tinker, Lyles, and Banks all involved actions identical to the ones Faye Cochran had complained about to DOJ lawyer Avner Shapiro a decade earlier. 


#MI Sues Own Counties Over #MilitaryBallots

Michigan has brought a lawsuit against numerous Michigan counties for failing to mail #militaryballots on time.  One wonders, as usual, where is @DOJ? http://tinyurl.com/8pu55hr

The inadequate remedy of extended time is being sought.  But when lawsuits are brought late, this is all that might be available.  @DOJ could have brought a lawsuit 19 days ago, but as far as I can tell, has not.  If #DOJ gets around to intervening in this case, will it demand #ExpressMail via @DHL?  Will @FVAP tweet the option of #ballotbyemail? 

Not Every Wisconsin Sheriff Ignores Felon Fraud

In Waukesha County, the state’s third most populous county, county jail administrator Mike Giese said that his jail does take steps to stop ineligible felons from voting. “We always check to make sure they are not felons,” Giese said of inmates who apply for an absentee ballot. If a felon were to submit an ineligible request for an absentee ballot, jail officers would prevent it from going through.


 


In Dodge County Sheriff Todd Nehls said that if an ineligible felon tried to vote through his jail they would make sure they followed the action and caught the inmate. He didn’t seem to agree with Mahoney’s reasoning that sheriffs are not responsible for holding those in jail accountable for their actions.


 


More here.

“Efforts to Increase #MilitaryVoting #FAILing”

The @JacksonvilleDailyNews in #NC has this oped saying that efforts to increase #militaryvoting among servicemembers is #FAILing.  http://tinyurl.com/8r8rcx3

“Despite the @FVAP efforts to increase military voter participation this election year, the number of service members who requested absentee ballots has declined dramatically across the board compared to the 2008 elections. . . .

The number of absentee ballots being requested is shockingly low,” said @MVPProject, founder and executive director of @MVP, in a press release. “While we knew the number of absentee ballots requests would increase as we got closer to the election — and they have — the number being requested is still way too low and indicates that many military members will have their voices silenced on #ElectionDay.


The @MVP report indicates that @FVAP failed to create voter registration offices that would provide voting assistance to every #military member when they checked into a new station.”

@FVAP is relying heavily on @Twitter and @Facebook to cure the deficiencies in @FVAP implementation of the #MOVEAct, including the failure to establish voting offices on military installations, as reported by the #DOD #IG.  #USMC #TCOT