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As we can see in Minnesota, once the policy battle is lost, the Democrats shift to “waste of money” as the next line of defense.  Apparently, taxpayers are taxed to spend money on all types of equipment and processes for good clean elections…except voter ID.

If Minnesota citizens pass a voter ID law and require those few voters without a photo ID to obtain one, the Democrats call it a “poll tax”

If Minnesota citizens pass a voter ID law and require (and pay) for those few voters without a photo ID to obtain one, the Democrats call it a “poll tax” and a waste of money.

Ballots, computers, databases, voting equipment, signs, poll workers, registration forms, voter registration offices, heat, electricity, and the rental fees of polling places……. all cost money, tax payer money.

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There may be some explanation for the precipitous drop in Democrat registration but it cannot be a good sign for meeting the 2008 turnout models. 

Voter registration in the Buckeye State is down by 490,000 people from
four years ago. Of that reduction, 44 percent is in Cleveland and
surrounding Cuyahoga County, where Democrats outnumber Republicans more
than two to one.  An August study by the left-leaning think tank Third Way showed that the
Democratic voter registration decline in eight key swing states
outnumbered the Republican decline by a 10-to-one ratio. In Florida,
Democratic registration is down 4.9 percent, in Iowa down 9.5 percent.
And in New Hampshire, it’s down down 19.7 percent.

According to this story, the unions are joining in with the Florida Bar to protect the liberal activist judges on the Florida Supreme Court. The money will start flowing from the unions, the Florida Bar, and other left wing organizations. 

Three justices are on the ballot where the citizens of Florida will determine if they should be retained.  A “No” vote removes the justices and puts fresh faces on the court.  A “Yes” vote gives them another lengthy term. 

Having the unions rush to your side show how the Florida Supreme Court has become such an integral part of the Democratic coalition.  Sure, this isn’t a partisan battle for a politicized court. If the Republicans in Florida need any more proof of the truth, look no further than the unions getting involved.  How long until the teachers union jumps in.  A large part of the population in Florida has already lost faith in the judiciary to maintain an objective non-politicized review of laws passed by legislature and signed by the governor.

Twenty-two U.S. senators, including John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison
of Texas, are concerned Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin E. Dempsey
may have discouraged military personnel from casting ballots in the
presidential election.

“It is one thing to advocate ‘political neutrality as a core value’
in carrying out orders, and another thing entirely to be ambivalent or
even discouraging voting by service members, which is every citizen’s
right, and which would contradict official Department of Defense policy,” the senators wrote in a letter sent to Dempsey.  They also allege the Department of Defense has failed to provide
on-base voter assistance at every military installation as required
by law.

Editorial in the San Antonio Express News – more here.

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Meltdown in Hinds County, Mississippi.  First military and overseas ballots were not available or sent thus raising the ire of the Romney Campaign.  According to this article, election officials tried to use solely email ballots.  Then this article states that a week after the deadline, there are still no ballots for absentee voting.  

Tabella has this piece about the late mailing of military ballots in Vermont.  Focus on two important facts from the story.  First, election officials admit they screwed up.  Second, they call the attention to their screw up a “political show.”

This same pattern seems to be repeating around the country.  The same thing is happening in Ohio where derelict election officials had to clear off deadwood voters from the rolls, yet at the same time criticized the groups that brought attention to the deadwood.  In fact, it is even worse than that.  Ohio electoral boards could have summarily dismissed bad challenges, but instead conjured up the voters for genuine political theatre, and to push a point that the people making the challenges shouldn’t be doing so.  This was designed to deter further challenges to their derelict election administration. 

So when the Romney campaign points out that Vermont failed to comply with federal law requiring our servicemembers to receive timely ballots, or Ohio VIP points out dead and ineligible voters on the rolls in violation of federal law, the wrongdoers have the audacity of calling it a “political show!” 

Pay attention.  This pattern is likely to repeat in the coming weeks.  Citizens or campaigns bring attention to derelict election officials, the derelict election officials quietly fix the problem, while simultaneously accusing the accusers of engaging in political theatre. 

According to this article, the Romney campaign thinks that overseas and military voters are impacted by late mailings of overseas and military ballots. The Vermont Secretary of State Condos calls it a “political show” yet recognizes there was a delay in the printing of ballots:

(Secretary of State) Condos says the recount in a primary race delayed the printing of the November ballots, but town clerks were sent electronic This entry was posted in Uncategorized on September 29, 2012 by J Christian Adams.