Virginia Congressman Frank Wolf, citing my article today at Pajamas Media has demanded answers from DOJ about playing politics with freedom of information requests.  Pajamas Media had to sue the Department of Justice two weeks ago in Federal Court to obtain information which the DOJ provided to the Boston Globe in 2006.

Read Wolf’s letter here.

I am told that DOJ wanted to CHARGE CONGRESSMAN WOLF to comply with the FOIA he sent DOJ which I discuss in my article. 

Here’s an issue few anticipate.  Apparently voter ID laws cause problems for transexuals when they try to vote.  More at the Kansas City Star.

Scott has outfoxed the foxes it seems.  LA Times offers this fair and balanced report with extensive sourcing from both sides of the issue.

“‘This is extraordinary. I’ve never seen anything like it,’ said Richard Pildes, a New York University law school expert on election law.”

From the Pueblo Chieftain. Scott Gessler is onto something.  Mail-in and absentee ballots are the form of voting most prone to fraud.  Peruse 494 F.Supp.2d 440, at 455, if you have a few minutes. 

From Phillyburbs.com

“The Bucks County Republican Committee challenged more than 1,600 absentee ballot applications it deemed suspicious in the weeks leading up to the November election. Board of elections employees rejected almost 900 ballot applications that were incomplete or questionable, an unprecedented number that made elections officials suspicious.”

Then the story takes an interesting twist.

“The effort also included letters from a fictitious ‘Pennsylvania Voter Assistance Office’ that warned residents’ voting rights might be at risk if they did not obtain an absentee ballot. Applications were directed to the post office box of Congressman Patrick Murphy’s re-election campaign manager, instead of the county.”

Really?!  A shady letter from a phony sender warning voters about possibly losing their right to vote?

“Democrats, including Murphy, denied wrongdoing, saying the letter was legal.”

How about that.  Nothing wrong with tricking voters sometimes, but not all the time.   Maybe Senator Cardin can call Congressman Murphy up to the Senate next time he holds a hearing on deceptive voter practices.

A letter to the editor from Lake Hubert in the Brainerd Dispatch.

Top of the morning.  Top of the page at PJM:  the DOJ Civil Rights Division has found a way to politicize the Freedom of Information Act.  Friends get same day service, certain others wait months.  So much for transparency.  I’ll be discussing this story in greater detail at CPAC.  Full story here.
My PJTV interview is here.

This one invovles voting early and then going to the polls on election day and voting again.  More at WOWT.com.

I am told by noted campaign finance lawyers that Don McGahn’s Statement of Reasons on the case In re: Softer Voices is one of the best pieces of legal work in campaign finance that has been done in some time.  This blog stays far away from campaign finance issues and instead focuses on civil rights and election mechanics. But for this, an exception is in order.

From Kansas.