Add witness intimidation to the stew in the Atlantic City vote fraud trial of a city councilman. 

“Superior Court Judge Raymond Batten said Small was trying to send a message to Detective Scott Orman by standing in a courthouse doorway and tugging twice on the lapels of his jacket as the trooper approached from a hallway Tuesday.”

Last night the Quin Hillyer piece on DOJ that has been making the rounds on electronic media was discussed on the O’Reilly Factor.  It’s not often that you hear an article in a publication like American Spectator discussed when you turn on the radio or flip on the TV over and over.   It is probably a testament to the first class prose of Quin Hillyer, someone who has mastered a craft:

“While doing all this, the Holderites operate the least transparent DOJ in decades, treat congressmen and independent agencies with contempt, and claim breathtakingly spurious “privileges” against disclosure of public information.  This isn’t law enforcement and it isn’t justice, but instead is subversive of both.”

My latest at Pajamas Media: “England’s Month of Remembrance.”  Article is here.

Rep. Debbie Riddle is so interested in voter ID, that she camped out all night long to get a bill filed.  Texas HB 16 will create a photo identification requirement in Texas.  If the bill passes, Texas should go straight to U.S.D.C. in DC to get preclearance and avoid the Justice Department altogether.   More in the San Antonio Express News here.  The Voter ID bill is first in line (1-15 are reserved for bills like the budget). 

WND scattershots some facts.  The substance is this: “New Haven, Dean argued, has allowed people registering to vote to use the ID cards as proof of identification. ‘While we have no proof that the recipients of these ID cards are illegal aliens, it seems likely since the mayor’s argument for the cards focused on helping illegals set up bank accounts and use other city services,’ she said.”

A few more bridges to be crossed here before the destination is reached.

The trial begins in the Atlantic City absentee ballot voter fraud trial involving city councilmembers. More at NBC 40.

The latest from Jennifer Rubin at Commentary.

The press release is here.   A portion:

LDF’s comprehensive program also includes a manual providing  information for community members, activists and policy makers.  The manual provides the legal and policy framework for redistricting, and outlines how communities can participate in the redistricting process, keep the line drawers accountable and help ensure that the voting strength of minority communities is not unjustly weakened.  The manual, which was written in conjunction with the Asian American Justice Center and the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund, is available on LDF’s website at: http://naacpldf.org/publication/impact-redistricting-your-community-2010-guide-redistricting.

Tuesday’s Washington Times editorial the Regularity of Voting Irregularities.  A portion:

The Connecticut governor’s race was especially bollixed up. Vote counts switched back and forth from the same jurisdictions, hundreds of ballots were “found” lying around in unguarded bags, and a local news station ran footage of a poll watcher being escorted from the premises for complaining about such slipshod procedures.

Votes materialized in a North Carolina congressional race that seems headed for a recount. In Houston, True the Vote is compiling a report on improper activity that includes widespread campaigning and pressuring of voters – or illegally prompting voters to cast straight Democratic tickets – at polling locations. Also in Houston, an elections “presiding judge” had an “alternate judge” forcibly removed for complaining that five New Black Panthers were openly electioneering within the polling place.

A manager with ACORN enters a guilty plea to voter fraud arising out of fraudulent voter registrations in 2008.  More at the LA Times.

” A former supervisor for the defunct political advocacy group ACORN has agreed to a plea deal in a case alleging that canvassers were illegally paid to register Nevada voters during the 2008 presidential campaign.”