My latest at Pajamas – what does voter fraud look like?

I’ll be on with the funny and talented Fred Grandy on the Grandy Group on WMAL Wednesday in the 8am hour.  We’ll be discussing military ballots, the DOJ’s enforcement of the MOVE Act and Voter Fraud.

Various clerks in Minnesota are looking at the extent of illegal felon participation in the 2008 Presidential election.  More from the Duluth Tribune here.

I’ll be on WWNN  radio this morning to discuss all manner of election matters.  8 am hour.

I don’t know how to begin to summarize this story about a lawsuit to stop an election for a Mississippi judge.  From Courthouse News Service:

Other named plaintiffs include Arthur “Hotshot” Ankston, Curtis “Rerun” Jackson and Arrece Webb. They seek declaratory judgment that “the policies and procedures being challenged unlawfully dilute black voting strength and deny to plaintiffs and those similarly situated their rights.”

Daily Caller  digs into the absentee ballot process in some parts of Texas: 

One of the politiqueras, Zaida Bueno, not only went on the record but, with cameras rolling, also showed Miller how the process of vote-coaching and absentee ballots actually works. At the going rate of three dollars for every successfully returned ballot, personal contacts generate volume — and volume counts. Meant to aid the aged, the infirm and the illiterate as well as genuine absentees, Ms. Bueno was forthright about why manipulation of the less fortunate is modest but steady work. “I have to push [the candidates]…to push their name.” While the voter may ask for suggestions, “…I vote for the one I want, the one I am helping.” And finally, “They say ‘yes,’ I put [the ballot] in the envelope, and nobody knows but me, you.”

Pajamas has this disturbing account of a military voting mess in Texas, as told by a blue star mom.  Read this if you really want to know what is happening out there.  Worst of all, she is a trained election official and still couldn’t help.

Fox coverage of DOJ’s military ballot settlement.  Eric Eversole says it is inadequate.  The settlement extends the deadline one day.  It also has different deadlines to count ballots in different counties.  Can you say Bush v. Gore problem?

Air Force Times has the story:

“Our brave men and women serving America’s interests overseas should have their votes counted accurately and in a timely matter. When it comes to ensuring military votes, compliance is non-negotiable.”  Said Rep. Wilson.

Negotiable?   Perhaps this refers to all of the deals cut with noncompliant states that circumvented the express Congressional mandatory mail out deadline 45 days before the election.  Rep. Joe Wilson is my old Congressman.  He is an officer himself and his son did tours in Iraq.  He is just the right person to lead on this issue. 

One of the most peculiar things about the Black Panther scandal is how many times DOJ could have fixed the problem, defused the controversy, and made it all go away.  With the publication of the front page Washington Post story, the opportunity for DOJ to fix the problem renews.  What is new?  Admissions by DOJ officials that the law wasn’t designed to protect everyone for starters.  Also new is the fact that the Washington Post sourced at least three lawyers still inside the Voting Section or Civil Rights Division corroborating my testimony and the Coates testimony.  They risk an avalanche of leaks now.  This is their chance to confess error and do something tangible to put the story in the rear view mirror.  Letting some air out of the balloon before the election would serve them well.  More dishonest denials will not. 

I write about what they should do at Pajamas Media here.