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Radio Thursday: Georgia statewide
I’ll be on the Martha Zoller show statewide across Georgia on Thursday in the 11 a.m. hour to discuss how military voters were disenfranchised in 2010 and what Senators Cornyn and Barrasso are doing to try to help them. Here are the 19 affiliate stations.
Speaking at U of Pittsburgh Law School Thursday
Daily Caller on Justice Department
Sens. Cornyn and Barrasso on protecting military voters
Texas Insider. The two Senators are determined to remove the inept military voting enforcement at the Justice Department from the field, where they pulled a Haynesworth in 2010:
The Senators say:
“Sadly, our troops are still forced to rely on the Department of Justice to safeguard their voting rights, which has proven either unwilling or unable to enforce the MOVE Act’s 45-day rule and related laws intended to prevent the disenfranchisement of our men and women in uniform and their families. These brave Americans put their lives on the line for our democracy, so the least Congress can do is ensure they have the legal tools available to safeguard their own voting rights,” Cornyn said.
Voter ID in Tennessee
Baltimore Sun on voter fraud
The Sun joins the gang of vote fraud deniers. And you’d never believe it, the Sun concludes voter ID is a “solution in search of a problem.” The Sun got the memo.
Does the Voting Rights Act apply to campaign finance
“Black leader seeks Justice Department review of Alabama’s ban on PAC-to-PAC transfers.” If Justice makes any inquiry into this issue, Alabama would seem to be in a strong position to challenge the constitutionality of this application of Section 5.
Chairman Lungren responds to DOJ lapses
Chairman Dan Lungren issued the following statement after today’s hearing at which Tom Perez appeared:
” I find it disturbing that the Department of Justice touted their own success in implementing the MOVE Act when their efforts clearly failed to ensure all military ballots were mailed on time. In fact, recent data indicates that approximately 20 percent of military personnel serving overseas did not receive the ballots they requested.”
No photo id? How about an eyeball?
Missouri is discussing implementing voter identification procedures which would seem to defuse the voter ID debate. No photo ID? Then if you have fingers or an eyeball, you can vote. It is “like something out of Star Trek.” More here.
