In the Star-Tribune, an pro-voter ID amendment editorial entitled “Keep it easy to vote by ensuring ballot integrity.”

Can the level of fraud, no matter how small, affect the outcome of
elections in our state and elsewhere in the nation? Absolutely.

The function of requiring a photo ID isn’t intended to block anyone’s
right to vote. It’s to continue to ensure the integrity of the
electoral process. Ultimately, it’s the right of every voter who casts a
legitimate vote to never have it canceled out by those who — no matter
how many or how few — cast an illegitimate vote.  Minnesota is a place where common sense tends to outweigh senselessness.

This message is different than the ambivalent message on voting sent by General Dempsey.

Imagine my surprise walking through the lobby of my office and seeing our good friend Cameron Quinn smiling at me from the front page of the Mt. Vernon Gazette.

 Providence Rhode Island Journal.

“Two people voted in federal elections in both Rhode Island and Florida during national elections, one in 2008 and one in 2010, according to a “comprehensive cross-reference process,” said True the Vote spokesman Logan Church-well.

In a reversal from 2008, early voting activity in Ohio is swinging hard to the GOP.

 PJ Tatler.  “Rep. Elijah Cummings needs someone in his office that knows election law to write his next letter attacking the Tea Party.”

I will be on with Sean Hannity shortly talking about the Department of Justice, the Voting Section and the upcoming election.  Details shortly.

Link to the story, where the Romney Campaign is sending letters to multiple states who have failed to get ballots out in time.  Michigan is the latest recipient of the letter.  DoJ has been requested to act upon the information.  Tick, tick, tick.  Just over 30 days before the election.

The letters sent in recent days on Romney’s behalf by former U.S.
Veterans Affairs Secretary Anthony Principi charge that election
officials in the states missed the Sept. 22 deadline for mailing some
ballots to overseas and military voters. A fourth letter was to be sent
Tuesday to Michigan officials, according to Romney campaign spokesman
Ryan Williams.

 New Jersey.   “Rivera, 52, of Hunterdon County, pleaded guilty in May 2011 to third-degree absentee ballot fraud in connection with her effort as a campaign worker to help elect Teresa Ruiz to the state Senate for Essex County in 2007.”

A federal judge in Fort Lauderdale ruled today that there’s no time
limit for the state to push for the removal of voters who were never
supposed to be registered, and an effort to clean the rolls of
non-citizens can go forward.

Judge William
Zloch ruled that Secretary of State Ken Detzner is within the law in
seeking the removal of voters from the rolls who were never supposed to
be there to begin with – even this close to an election.

Zloch
said the plaintiffs, who argued that federal law prevents such purges
within 90 days of an election, failed to show that their ability to vote
would be harmed by the effort.

…  “We’re very pleased another federal court has ruled that Florida’s
efforts to remove non-citizens from the voter rolls are lawful and in
the best interest of Florida voters,” Detzner said in a statement
following Zloch’s ruling. “Ensuring ineligible voters can’t cast a
ballot is a fundamental aspect of conducting fair elections.”

The link to the full story is here.  This is a big win for the State of Florida.