Voting-rights activists sue California Secretary of State Debra Bowen claiming mass disenfranchisement of felons in prison or probation supervision. More here.
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Virginia Legislature rejects automatic restoration of voting rights for felons
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Alaskans to vote on legalizing marijuana
Enough petition signatures have been verified to place an initiative seeking to legalize marijuana on the ballot this summer in Alaska, election officials said Tuesday. As the story relates, this is not the first time, Alaskans have dealt with this issue. Link at Fox News.
“Obama Campaign Vets Launch PAC To Target Secretary Of State Races”
Link to story.
Kansas, Arizona challenge Election Commission on citizenship verification of registration
Arizona and Kansas have rekindled a lawsuit seeking to force the U.S. Election Assistance Commission to require residents to show proof of citizenship when registering to vote, arguing that a recent agency decision to deny the requests was unlawful. In a filing late Friday in a case with broad implications for voting rights, the two states asked U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren to order federal officials to include state-specific requirements in federal voter registration forms. More here.
“The Obama Administration moves to silence 501(C)(4) organizations”
Powerline provides much needed sunshine: “A key provision is that a 501(c)(4) organization cannot engage in any activity that mentions a candidate for office or a political party within 60 days of a general election. The regulation is facially neutral as between conservative and liberal groups, but its effect will fall overwhelmingly on conservative organizations…”
…So for the Obama administration, it’s an easy calculation: 501(c)(4) groups are conservative by a margin of more than six to one, so let’s just knock them all out of action. Doing so will have no impact on the Democrats’ major funding source, the unions, since they are 501(c)(5) organizations.
Colorado “citizens don’t want their elections to be free-for-alls”
But apparently Colorado Democrat legislators do.
Key legislative support for voter photo ID in Missouri
Another effort is underway to pass a voter identification law in the Missouri Legislature. Link.
First Indian-American Secretary of State in Texas raises awareness on voter ID law
Newly Sworn-in Texas Secretary of State Nandita Berry visited Corpus Christi on Thursday, Jan. 30 to start a discussion focusing on raising awareness of the new photo I.D. laws, and registration deadlines, ahead of the March 4th primary election. link.
Wall Street Journal Comes Out Against Sensenbrenner/ACLU Election Bill
The Wall Street Journal takes a strong position against the Sensenbrenner/ACLU election bill which would impose vast new federal mandates on states. This will hurt Sensenbrenner’s ability to get cosponsors for his bad bill.
“That’s an open door to political abuse that is a specialty of this Administration. The Departments of Justice and Housing and Urban Development have misused “disparate impact” statistical analysis to charge racism where none exists to extort money from businesses and override city zoning laws. This is also unnecessary because Section 3 of the Voting Rights Act is still in effect. “