Starting with the April 24th
presidential primary, Rhode Island voters will have to present
identification to vote. The Secretary of State is about to launch a
campaign to issue photo ID cards to voters who need them.

Secretary of State Ralph Mollis says representatives from his office
will visit every city and town in Rhode Island over the next eight
months to issue photo ID’s for voting. The cards are free and are the
size of a driver’s license and contain the voter’s photograph, name and
date of birth.

Full story here.

 More at the Republic.  “Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis is visiting the East Providence Senior Center and St. Martin de Porres Senior Center in Providence on Tuesday to tell voters how to obtain a free voter ID. His office says voters who attend the events will be among the first to receive state-issued voter IDs.”

Excerpt from Yahoo News

But redistricting isn’t simply a complication for Republicans here in 2012.

[Clark County GOP chairman Dave] Gibbs actually views redistricting as the catalyst for why his party is going to rebound in Nevada this election cycle.

“The redistricting in 2001 was so in favor of the Democrats in Clark
County that it pretty much shut out the Republicans from any significant
level of participation in the state legislature–or at least in the
state assembly,” Gibbs said. “And now with redistricting, we actually
have a chance at getting–if not getting a majority–at least getting
significantly closer to a majority than we’ve been in ten years.”

Gibbs conceded that 2008 was the Democrats’ year for momentum, but he
argued that “one of the good things with pendulums is that the higher
you raise it, you know it’s going to come back.”

Gibbs noted that redistricting has created a new congressional
district this cycle–which his party views as a major pickup
opportunity, in addition to making legislative districts more
competitive. He said voter registration, candidate recruitment, and even
volunteer enthusiasm all indicate that energy is on the Republicans’
side this year.

Story at Philly.com:  A top Harrisburg Republican said Friday that the legislature might
consider moving back the April 24 primary election to make time for a
commission to create new maps for all 203 state House seats and 50
Senate seats. The primary date “is in jeopardy,” Senate Majority
Leader Dominic Pileggi, a Delaware County Republican, told reporters in
the Capitol.

At the link.

In Wisconsin, left-wing groups are hoping to stop photo ID laws just prior to the elections. 

 LA TImes.

 Weekly Standard:  “Just six days before Holder’s testimony, the Justice Department made yet another Friday night document dump. A series of emails revealed that Holder’s deputy chief of staff had informed the attorney general of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry’s murder on the day it happened, December 14, 2010. The deputy was further informed that Terry had been killed with a gun that was part of the Fast and Furious operation. 

It seems highly unlikely that Holder’s deputy chief of staff would apprise the attorney general of Terry’s death, but not of the crucial information about the weapon used. This suggests Holder may have lied in sworn testimony to Congress last May, when he said he’d heard about the operation for the first time a “few weeks” before. (Holder has already walked back that statement to a “few months.”) Previous Justice Department memos addressed to Holder containing detailed information about Fast and Furious had been released by the oversight committee. Holder improbably claims he did not read them, and this latest revelation only pokes more holes in those protestations of ignorance.  But not only does it appear Holder is not telling the truth about Fast and Furious, he is fighting any attempt to compel him to do so. . .

Of course, if Holder is feeling a bit defensive and beleaguered, perhaps it’s because in the wake of his latest congressional testimony people are now saying things such as this about him:

‘Mr. Holder. How come you can never say my son’s name. You never have. All I ever hear you say is “I didn’t find out or I can’t say.” I’m actually tired of hearing your double talk in answering questions. What a joke you are. You know my son was a real AMERICAN, a WARRIOR, and a HERO, who was also protecting COWARD POLITICIANS like you. Hope you remember that.’

If you haven’t figured it out already, that stinging missive was signed “PROUD MOM OF BRIAN A. TERRY.” The anguished message of Terry’s mother was posted on her Facebook page, presumably because no reporter bothered to ask her how much credit Holder deserves.”

A voter fraud irregularities trial continues in New York.  See link.