National Review:  “The ongoing ballot-fraud trial shows that the real victims of voter fraud are all too often the poor, the elderly and the more vulnerable members of our society.

The trial is now in its third week. So far, prosecutors have presented 46 witnesses who have testified that their ballots were stolen. Who are these victims? According to the Times Union, they ‘have included public housing residents, college students, the semi-literate, a deaf man, the chronically ill and non-English speakers.’ . . .  All of them had ballots cast in their names in the 2009 Working Families party primary.”

Of course this is precisely what has been happening all around the country as I detail in my book Injustice. (Link).  Voter fraud victimizes minority communities in far greater degree than other communities.  That’s what makes it so tragic that some of the worst voter fraud deniers profess to support minority voting rights.

The Legislature’s congressional map divides Travis County into five districts, up from three, and draws District 25, currently held by Democrat Doggett, so that it could elect a Republican. Doggett said that would force him to run for re-election in District 35, which is based in Bexar County and stretches up Interstate 35 to Austin.

Plaintiff lawyers representing Travis County and major civil rights groups have argued that District 25 deserves to be protected as a “coalition district” — one in which a collection of different racial and ethnic groups votes together. According to the Texas Legislative Council, District 25 is 49.8 percent white, 8.7 percent African American and 38.8 percent Hispanic.

The concept of coalition districts is complicated, hotly debated and at the center of disagreement over Doggett’s district.

Most of the plaintiffs in the case say such districts are protected under the Voting Rights Act and various legal opinions.

But Abbott said in Monday’s filing that coalition districts are not protected and that District 25 cannot legally be drawn the way many plaintiffs want it. Abbott said he intends to follow the guidance of the U.S. Supreme Court, which said the maps should pay deference to the ones produced by the Legislature and make only adjustments needed to comply with the Voting Rights Act.

The full story at the statesman.com

More than 24 million voter-registration records in the United States— about one in eight — are inaccurate, out-of-date or duplicates. Nearly 2.8 million people are registered in two or more states, and perhaps 1.8 million registered voters are dead.  USA Today link.

News Flash:  The DOJ Voting Section has openly refused to enforce Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) – the law specifically designed to remove invalid registrations.

Wikipedia defines:  In classical logic, a contradiction consists of a logical incompatibility between two or more propositions.

links here and here

With Chicago, there is always a chance they will be resurrected to vote.  Story here and here.

The 30-second radio spots, which are being distributed to members of the
Tennessee Association of Broadcasters, are part of an ongoing campaign
to raise public awareness about the state’s voter photo ID law that took
effect Jan.1.  link

 Washington Post.  That’s the last place the House GOP is going to throw money at.  Isn’t going to happen.

It appears that Democrats are again trying to use the Voting Rights Act (VRA) to protect their white Democratic incumbents, this time in Congressional District 25 (Lloyd Doggett) and State Senate District 10 (Wendy Davis.)  Texas Attorney General Abbott asserts these remaining plaintiff objections stand in the way of an compromise interim plan and elections.

See here and here.

I’ve been travelling all day, but see Tabella has held down the fort.  My latest at Breitbart’s Big Government: Obama Steamrolled By Catholic Church.  Not election realted, but quite historic.

From the AP:  Three years ago, 98 Democrats arrived at the North Carolina General Assembly to begin yet another session in the majority.  Longtime Sen. Marc Basnight and Rep. Joe Hackney again led their respective chambers to continue the party’s almost uninterrupted period of control since 1898.

But governing through a rough economy, followed by an election that gave Republicans the gavels of power and pencils to redraw district boundaries for the next decade, mean fewer than half those Democratic lawmakers will be around the Legislative Building in 2013.

A review of election defeats, resignations and retirements shows that of the 30 Democratic senators in early 2009, 19 of them are no longer in the Senate or won’t return after this year. In the House, 37 of the 68 Democrats in 2009 either are already gone, announced they won’t seek re-election in 2012 or will be at home. Some won’t return in 2013 because they’ll lose to a fellow incumbent in the May primary. Others may not win in November. The candidate filing period begins Monday.

While redistricting, age and attempts at other elected offices have contributed to a similar number of Republicans deciding not to run for re-election this year, the Democratic exodus since 2009 is more extensive. The changing leadership at the Legislature has required lawmakers to take stock of why they’re serving and if they want to continue.