Author Archives: J Christian Adams

NRO: Tucker finally gets it right

National Review on Cynthia Tucker’s mea culpa:  “Will wonders never cease? Cynthia Tucker, an editorial page writer for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, admits in a column today that she has been wrong about racial gerrymandering: ‘I was shortsighted, naïve and narrow-minded to endorse the concept of drawing Congressional districts to take racial demographics into account.’”

Illinois’s Democratic redistricting–Latinos rip the plan



At the Washington Examiner, Michael Barone looks at how the Democrats in Illinois are trying to offset the Republican advantage nationwide in redistricting by maximizing the partisan nature of the Illinois plan.

His bottom line:  Republicans will have to hustle to offset the effect of the Democratic redistricting plan in Illinois, but that they will probably make a net gain nationally in redistricting, but not a large one—less than 10 seats. If that seems like a small gain to make after the big Republican sweep, especially big in state legislative seats, in 2010, it’s largely because Republicans already made big gains in the redistricting cycle following the 2000 Census.

According to the Chicago Tribune, this political power move by Democrats statewide is coming at the expense of minorities, partcularly Hispanics.  Latinos are ripping the proposal.

And here, Nina Perales even went as far as to say the map would be illegal if adopted, alleging the plan does not comply with the Voting Rights Act.

Probation in MS voter fraud convictions

Madison County Herald.  “Kimberly Humphrey, 31, of 573 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, was indicted Aug.18, 2010, of felony false registration. She pleaded guilty in Circuit Court.  Pamela M. McElroy, 35, of 618 Chestnut Alley, was indicted the same day on felony false registration and two counts of voting by unqualified person, also pleaded guilty in Circuit Court.  Both received a sentence of five years with all but one day suspended, according to District Attorney Michael Guest. They were placed on supervised probation for four years and 364 days.”