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And for the other side of the world, here is a guide describing which voter ID cards will be allowed in today’s Calcutta City elections.
Reschedule that AWS! Here is the oral argument schedule for LaRoque v. Holder on Friday May 6 before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. The panel consists of Rogers, Griffith and Tatel. Stephen LaRoque is challenging the objection by the DOJ to the move to nonpartisan elections in Kinston NC. More on the objection here.
The DOJ will send observers to monitor the election on May 14 for the Beaumont Independent School District in Texas. More at KFDM.
Thomas Norman Brady is arrested for false voter registration and failure to register as a sex offender in Florida. Full story at the Fernandina Beach News Leader.
Albany Times Union. “Pulver derailed Premo’s attempts to get Smith disqualified and refused to hold a hearing requested by the defense to examine the issue. Premo has filed documents arguing that Smith acted out of political revenge and favoritism indicting only McDonough and LoPorto when seven other Democrats were named during the investigation.”
Full story here. It would seem the only solution to this is for Indiana to revoke the franchise for convicted felons, not just convicted felons in prison. Otherwise, it will be difficult to prevent them from entering schools to vote.
The law expands contests where the military are entitled to a ballot.
“Of the 22,459 registered voters in ESL, only 7,649 (34 percent) even bothered to vote. Then approximately 3,700 absentee ballots were requested (nearly half the total number of voters who went to the polls), as opposed to only 577 absentee ballots requested only four years ago.” St. Louis American.