I have obtained the May 31, 2011 “more information” letter sent by the Justice Department to Noxubee County.  It seeks more information regarding a proposed redistricting plan. The effect of the more information letter is to gum up the filing deadlines for the August primary, because two of the candidates do not reside in the districts under the old (still operational) lines.  The second effect is to open the possibility that the DOJ will use Section 5 to protect the rights of a white minority.  In the unlikely event that happens, it will be because the leadership and management had to be dragged kicking and screaming to the position.  Civil rights groups will not be thrilled to hear the Obama Justice Department might use Section 5 to protect a white minority in Mississippi.  The last time DOJ tried to create the impression they were protecting white voters by seeking to extend a remedy in Noxubee County, they lost.   Some highlights from the letter:

*  It seeks more information about the process leading to redistricting, including the consideration of alternative plans.

* The amount of road mileage (distance) in the benchmark plan by supervisor district, and the road mileage in the proposed and alternative plans.

* Locations for voting locations.

* The letter notes the following chain of DOJ staff – TCH:RSB:JER:JLR:maf:par. 

Free training on June 11 between Green Bay and Milwaukee (preventing, not perpetrating): 

Training is free but pre-registration is required by contacting Kohlman at pattyk@lsol.net with subject line “TEA” or call (920) 732-3200.

Daily Caller’s Neil Munro has this story: The Justice Department’s unwatched revolving door.

“The Justice Department’s Civil-Rights Division has hired dozens of Democratic-affiliated lawyers from organizations that have a huge financial stake in the agency’s decisions and policies. .  .  . The law community’s revolving door was inadvertently exposed last week by two uncritical articles published by the National Law Journal and the New York Times. Both outlets studied the resumes of the DoJ’s new hires to show how the DoJ had reversed hiring-patterns followed during the previous administration.”

Pajamas Media will have more, much more, on this issue in the coming weeks and months.

A portion of the editorial:

It has been called “voter suppression.” Democratic state Rep. Christopher Serlin of Portsmouth tweeted last week that asking for a picture ID at the polls was the same as torturing and killing children. “#nhhouse debating SB129 VoterID While 13 yr olds in #Syria are tortured/killed demonstrating vs tyranny #NHGOP busy implementing same @ home,” he wrote.

Gwen Moore of the 4th Congressional District in Wisconsin says that Voter ID in Wisconisn is racist.  Full story here.

A standing ovation followed her claim.

Democratic Party press release.

The Department of Justice has sent Noxubee County (MS) a letter seeking more information about a redistricting submission for the county.  This may mean that the DOJ is considering changing longstanding Section 5 review procedures to protect all minorities, or, may represent another PR or damage control effort to feign interest in all minorities while doing nothing about it – as the failed effort to extend the remedy in Noxubee County was.

Bill McClellan, columnist at the St. Louis Post Dispatch opines that voter fraud is largely a fraud.

From WND.com.

The House voted 231-188 to bar existing ACORN affiliates and its renamed successor groups from receiving funding under the $42.3 billion Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill for fiscal 2012 (H.R. 2017).

Here.