Author Archives: J Christian Adams

NC: Democrats and liberal advocacy groups appeal big loss over congressional redistricting to state Supreme Court; seek to delay the primary election

The NewsObserver reports on the Democrats appeal to the state Supreme Court as they desperately try to stop North Carolina Republicans from cementing the gains made from the last 2 years.  If the redistricting plans are left unchanged, the current balance of power may remain in place for decades.   

On Monday, state Supreme Court justices are scheduled to hear arguments in Raleigh about the legislative and congressional districts adopted by the Republican legislature two years ago. The districts are intended to be used through the 2020 elections.

At issue is a unanimous ruling in July by a three-member panel of N.C. Superior Court judges. The panel validated the districts, rejecting an argument by Democratic voters and civil rights organizations that some of the districts were racially gerrymandered to weaken the influence of black voters.  In their appeal of that decision, the NAACP, Democrats and voter-rights organizations have raised questions about the panel’s interpretation of the U.S. Constitution and the North Carolina Constitution.

…Though the new maps were immediately challenged after they were drawn in 2011, the districts were used in the 2012 elections and have been shown to favor Republicans.

The GOP expanded its majority in the state legislature in the 2012 elections. In the House, Republicans picked up nine seats and now dominate Democrats 77-43. The Senate added two Republican members, and the GOP holds a 33-17 advantage.

Republicans also were successful in expanding their majority at the congressional level, taking nine of the state’s 13 U.S. House seats while winning 51 percent of the congressional vote.

Republican leaders contend they followed the law when developing the new districts, and they cite sections of the three-judge panel’s ruling to underscore their contentions.

Study: Only 10% of criminals vote for Republicans

Breitbart reports that a … study found that felons registered Democratic over Republican by a six-to-one margin in some states, including New York, where 61.5% are Democrats and only 9% GOP. Another fact discovered was that 73% of the felons who would vote would vote Democrat.  Three states where the state government has notified convicts that they can vote are New York, New Mexico, and North Carolina.  In addition to the huge disparity in party affiliation in New York, New Mexico showed 54.6% of convicts as Democrats, with 10.2% Republican, and North Carolina had 54.6% of felons as Democrats with 10.2 GOP.

“Gov’t corruption, voter fraud a major concern for Americans”

Chris Farrell, a spokesman for Judicial Watch, says the poll shows a great public concern about voter fraud.

“There’s also great concern over the ability of the country to have honest elections,“ he shares. “Three quarters of adults say that voter fraud is a huge problem in the United States. And so there is great concern over the ability of our country to have honest, clean, fair elections.”

…“As long as you have people like Pamela Karlan running the voting rights section at the Department of Justice, you’ll keep getting election results to allow the left to continue what they do.”

“Voter ID is answer to voter fraud”

Opinion Piece in The Berkshire Eagle:  

Voter fraud has been recognized in several states, 34 to be exact, and they have some form of a law that is in effect or proposed for a voter to be validated with photo identification. Why would 34 states recognize the dilemma and 16 purposely ignore it by deception?

Our country had only 12 million identity thefts last year. If only 34 states concur, where does that put the other 16 states on the learning curve? Massachusetts is one of the 16.

Can we correct this dilemma? Only if we talk about it and mention it to our representatives every time we come in contact with them. At some point, an astute legislator will think this has merit, unless there are ulterior gains to be had. We have all enjoyed the joke of a parent voting in one political party for a lifetime and upon death switching political affiliations but still voting. It is funny and the joke is on us.

The joke should not really be on the voter, we are the taxpayers picking up the tab.

PJ: Hitler’s Firestorm and the Christmastime Salvation of St. Paul’s

My Christmas piece at PJ Media:



“Just four days after Christmas 1940, Hitler turned London into a flaming hell. December 29, was London’s longest night, the night Hitler tried to burn London down and incinerate the majestic St. Paul’s Cathedral.


At sunrise, however, the dome of St. Paul’s stood, though surrounded by a smoldering warscape of total destruction. The salvation of St. Paul’s Cathedral from the hellish inferno uplifted British spirits and is a Christmas story worth retelling seventy-three years later. . . .


London was under blackout orders, so Hitler’s first wave of bombers enjoyed the use of two radio beacons beamed from France. When the beams intersected, the bombers were over their targets – the civilian, publishing and garment industry neighborhoods of East London.


Instead of explosions, Londoners heard the dull thuds of objects hitting rooftops.


No explosions, just thump, thump, thump, thump, thump.


These were incendiaries hitting rooftops then igniting. Over the next few hours, waves of German bombers dropped over 10,000 incendiaries and created a firestorm that destroyed London all around St. Paul’s. Waves of bombers followed through the night, dropping conventional bombs and blasting the fireman battling the firestorm the incendiaries started.”


Full story at link above.

International Vote Fraud – “Israeli court orders new town elections on suspicion of voting fraud”

Vote fraud does not just occur in North Carolina or the United States.  The UPI reports on massive voter fraud and a call for new elections in Beit Shemesh, a town in Israel 


An Israeli court Thursday ordered new elections in a town outside Jerusalem where police say they have uncovered evidence of widespread voting fraud.  The Jerusalem District Court ruled evidence uncovered by police pointed to voting fraud that was organized “to the point of being systematic and even an ‘industry’,” the Times of Israel reported.  …Officials last month said they had discovered 200 identity cards in an apartment and car belonging to an Abutbul supporter, as well as a collection of clothing that appeared to be intended as disguises so people could vote multiple times.

“One-stop” voter fraud “taints” town council contest; NC election board orders re-do


“Unless this board orders a new election, the will of the people won’t be known.”


 


File under ‘Voter Fraud Does Change the Outcome of Elections’:  North Carolina “State officials have ordered a new election for the Pembroke Town Council after hearing complaints of voter fraud… The irregularities occurred to such an extent that it tainted the results of elections, said Don Wright, the state board’s attorney.”  One council seat contest ended in a tie.


 


Criminal charges may also be forthcoming.  The Robeson County District Attorney is investigating the voter fraud allegations, which include ineligible out-of-state residents illegally registering and voting via same-day registration (eliminated by the state’s new Voter Information Verification Act):


 


“The board reviewed evidence that at least two candidates helped bring people to the town’s early voting location who were ineligible to vote. Some of those people, including several young men who came from out of state to attend a basketball program, managed to cast ballots because they were mistakenly registered during one-stop absentee voting.”


 


The eight ineligibles “mistakenly” registered and allowed to illegally vote “did not provide identification needed under state and federal law to establish they were residents of the town,” WRAL reports:


 


Steve Stone, chairman of the Robeson County Board of Elections, said one-stop voting was a major cause of problems during the 2013 election, as well as prior elections.  “There’s been a playbook that was written in 2005 (when one-stop voting first started), and every election since someone else seems to get a hold of it,” Stone said.  


 


“Because of the taint, the multiple allegations in this matter, unless this board orders a new election, the will of the people won’t be known,” said Joshua Malcolm, a state board member who lives in Pembroke. 


 


75% of Americans say voter fraud is a problem, new poll finds



A new Judicial Watch-Breitbart poll finds that the vast majority of Americans disagree with the vote fraud deniers:


 


VOTER FRAUD: Three-quarters (75%) of adults recognize voter fraud as a problem in the United States, including 36% who believe it is a “major” problem and 39% who think it is a minor problem. The percentage of adults who consider it a problem remains at above 70% among males and females; whites, blacks, and Hispanics; and all age brackets from 18 to over 65. Only 15% think voter fraud is not a problem.


 


LINK to poll crosstabs.