Minnesota Public Radio reports on questions being raised as to whether Secretary of State Ritchie has a conflict of interest and is properly performing his duties in preparation of the November ballot that may include the voter ID amendment:

Dan McGrath, executive director for the pro amendment group Minnesota Majority, accused (Secretary of State) Ritchie of spreading misinformation about the costs and using the same talking points as the political organizations that oppose the amendment.

“Well, I think the Secretary of State is creating a very unfortunate, very public conflict of interest when speaking about the voter ID amendment,” McGrath said.  “His job is to impartially prepare and count the ballot.  I find that very disturbing, especially in light of that fact that he appears to be using taxpayer dollars in his campaign against the voter ID amendment.”

McGrath said he thinks Richie should be required to form a political committee, just like other opponents and advocates of the ballot question.  He said his group may file a complaint against the secretary of state with the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board.

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Pleading here.

PJ Media Rule of Law.

“I was just on the Glen Beck show on GBTV and had occasion to note that Chief Justice John Roberts’ opinion in the Obamacare case was familiar to me. It turns out that Roberts adopted a similar activist rewriting of the parties’ arguments in Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District v. Holder.”

New Mexico Secretary of State Dianna Duran is concerned that mailings from a group called “The Voter Participation Center” are going to registered voters, non-citizens, the deceased, and others not eligible to vote such as minors and pets. 

National Review is digging into U.S. Attorneys’ political donations here and here.

Collectively, the remaining 46 have donated $235,651 to President Obama and Democratic candidates since January 1, 2007.  Not one has donated to any Republican candidate.  Of the 46 who donated, 36 donated to President Obama’s presidential campaign in 2008, or his reelection campaign this year, or both, for a total of $77,782.

Jennifer Rubin @ Right Turn on the Montana decision.

“The Supreme Court really meant what it said in Citizens United, a robust defense of core political speech.” ….The four “liberal justices dissented (opposed taking the case), declaring that they really didn’t agree with Citizens United.”

The primary elections for political parties could be closed to non-party voters starting in the 2014 statewide elections for Governor and the legislature.  link here.

Lite blogging Monday as I’ll be travelling to Dallas to be on Glen Beck TV.  Airs at 5pm EDT.

Reports out of Wisconsin have the state Attorney General predicting that the litigation over the newly enacted photo ID law is unlikely to be settled before the November election.
 

Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen says the courts are showing no sense
of urgency to get the cases scheduled. Van Hollen tells WTMJ radio’s
Charlie Sykes his agency has pulled ever legal maneuver possible to get
the cases moving.  The 4th District Court of Appeals in April
refused to lift an injunction blocking the law while it decides the
case. State attorneys asked the appeals court to reverse the injunction
in time for the spring recall elections.

 Washington Times:  “But the process, known as inherent contempt, is well-established by precedent, has been confirmed by multiple Supreme Court rulings, and is available to any Congress willing to force such a confrontation.”