It’s not 2008 anymore.  Link.

“For several months, they and other volunteers have been meticulously combing through the voter registration rolls in Montgomery County, Md. They’ve been matching each publicly available voter record against databases, like property tax information, for signs of irregularities. . . .

If George, Kelleher and Trauernicht are the foot soldiers in this campaign, Catherine Engelbrecht is the general.

What fun.  A PJTV interview with me and Hans von Spakovsky regarding our Pulitzer Prize nomination for the PJ Every Single One series exposing the hiring practices in the Holder Civil Rights Division.

We had to litigate against the Justice Department even to obtain the resumes.  Charlie Savage “scratched the surface” of the Bush hires; we looked at “every single one” of the resumes.

 Latest at PJ Media Rule of Law. The question is whether Texas will do what it takes to get Voter ID approved by the court, or, will it keep one hand tied behind its back?  So far, Texas has chosen the latter.

No Voter ID needed. Link.

Link here.  Includes discussion of Texas voter ID.

Federal Judges rule South Carolina redistricting lines don’t discriminate against black voters.  full story here.

In an interview with NPR, Artur Davis, the former member of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), says Alabama and the South is a very different place than when the Voting Rights Act (VRA) was passed over 40 years ago, or much different than even 20 years ago. 

Davis said the biggest unintended consequence of the Voting Rights Act is what he called the “overinterpretation of the Voting Rights Act” that has resulted in hyper racial gerrymandering that has resulted in racially polarized voting patterns and non-competitive races.   

Davis stated that the Voting Rights Act was built on the premise that “Bobby Jindal (the Indian-American Governor from Louisiana and Tim Scott (the Black Republican Congressman from South Carolina)” would never exist.   But in fact, they do.  He noted that in Alabama he was able to receive over 40% of the white vote in his run for Governor and actually received less support from black voters than did other candidates.  He says the modern south shows that white Republicans will vote for Blacks who are Republicans or believe in the same things.  

A link to the full audio interview entitled Is the Voting Rights Act Still Necessary?

Over the history of Presidencies, the U.S. Attorney General has routinely been accused of playing politics, but we are hard put to find one that has practiced the art form more than Eric Holder. Monday’s decision to reject Texas’s voter identification law on grounds that it would hurt minorities is the latest case study.

Bear in mind that 31 states have voter ID laws, which passed under Republicans and Democrats alike. It would take a distinctive kind of naivete to believe there is no voter fraud in America.

…In a December speech on voter ID, Mr. Holder warned that “we will examine the facts, and we will apply the law.” It’s no surprise that his civil rights division has now massaged the data in such a complicated fashion that it can charge bias. The courts won’t be able to clean up the mess until after the election.

Full editorial from the Wall Street Journal

I will be on with Dana Loesch at 3:30 pm EDT today in St. Louis and Indianapolis to dicuss the DOJ objection on Texas Voter ID, the attorneys responsible for the objection and Eric Holder’s factual exagerations in the objection letter.  Dana Show.

Last year, a photo ID voter bill passed the Republican House but was defeated in the Democratic Senate. Republicans generally consider photo IDs a necessary safeguard against voting fraud. Democrats argue that voter impersonation is rare but that photo ID requirements could hurt people without IDs, especially the elderly and needy.  Link here.