Link about white house meetings. Sharpton subsequently told MSNBC that, based upon what he heard at the “unprecedented” meeting, he expected action regarding North Carolina “when this governor signs the bill.” And he was right.”
“On July 29, 2013, a group of political activists were granted an audience at the White House with Attorney General Holder, Labor Secretary (and former Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights) Tom Perez, and President Obama. The meeting attendance list represented a “who’s who” of voter fraud apologists and unofficial Obama administration “policy consultants,” including the ACLU, the NAACP, and Rev. Al Sharpton.
“When a Voter ID is worth a Thousand Words”
Hans von Spakovsky at Heritage Foundry. Mandela wore this shirt at a rally in 1998 as the African National Congress began its reelection campaign.
“Judicial Watch Defends North Carolina Voter ID Law, Additional Protections against Voter Fraud”
Judicial Watch press release: Judicial Watch announced today that it has filed a Motion for Intervention with its client Christina Kelley Gallegos-Merrill to defend North Carolina against an Obama Department of Justice (DOJ) lawsuit. The DOJ seeks to prevent enforcement of HB 589, which requires, among other election integrity measures, that voters present a photo ID before casting a ballot. In addition to representing Judicial Watch members in North Carolina, the Intervention seeks to protect the interests of Ms. Gallegos-Merrill, who was a Republican candidate for local office in North Carolina who likely lost her race because of voting irregularities that would be addressed by HB 589.
In its Motion for Intervention, Judicial Watch argues:
The photo ID law at issue seeks, among other things, to prevent voter fraud. Where there is such fraud, North Carolina voters are harmed by having their votes diluted. In considering Indiana’s photo ID law, the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit noted that “[t]he purpose of the Indiana law is to reduce voting fraud, and voting fraud impairs the right of legitimate voters to vote by diluting their votes – dilution being recognized to be an impairment of the right to vote.”… North Carolina’s voters, including Merrill, are threatened with the same kind of injury.
Kansas Wins on NVRA Citizenship Form
Round One goes to Kansas in the state’s effort to have the Election Assistance Commission revised the federal form for Kansas to permit an inquiry into citizenship. U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren said Friday that the U.S. Election Assistance Commission must make a decision by Jan. 17, saying the matter had been unreasonably delayed and could begin to interfere with Kansas’ election cycle. Melgren also told a courtroom full of lawyers, who had been arguing the issue all morning, that he would retain jurisdiction over the case, anticipating that no matter what the federal commission decides, “someone in this room won’t like it.”
“A U.S. District Court judge in Wichita has ordered a federal agency to act on a request by Kansas and Arizona to modify a national voter registration form to reflect the states’ proof-of-citizenship laws.
“New campaign hits Mississippi TVs to educate about voter ID”
Commercials featuring Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann, like this one, will be hitting the airwaves this week in a push to reach Mississippians who currently do not have a photo ID. Link.
Former Congressional Candidate Arrested for Voter Fraud
More mess out of Madison County.
“Prosecutors said Williams is accused of filing a false voter application. According to court documents, the person Williams registered is a convicted felon. An attorney representing Williams said his client never knew that was against the law.”
Voter Intimidation Indictment in Mississippi
This sort of bad behavior at the polls is more common in Mississippi than you might realize, and a state grand jury indicted Kimberly Readus on state charges. I’m sure the Eric “My People” Holder Voting Section will be hot on the trial with a Section 11(b) investigation.
“Republican campaign for Va. attorney general raises new questions about Fairfax ballots”
Wash Post.
“Mississippi Trying to Educate People about Voter ID Law”
Mississippi’s top elections official is starting to run TV ads explaining the state’s voter identification law. There are two 30-second commercials, one that started airing Monday and another that starts in January. Link.
Voter ID opponents want to disrupt North Carolina 2014 elections with trial just before voting
North Carolina ID opponents, including the Department of Justice, want a trial in 2014 over voter ID and other election changes that would potentially disrupt state preparation for the 2014 federal congressional races. On the other side, North Carolina wants to push any litigation over the election laws to 2015, a off election year that does not involve any significant federal elections.
Parties who are a gulf apart over what laws should be in place to ensure fair and open elections are just as widely divided about how quickly a lawsuit challenging new voter laws should be heard in federal court.On Thursday, attorneys for the NAACP, League of Women Voters, the ACLU of North Carolina and other voter rights advocates will gather in a federal courtroom in Winston-Salem to talk about one early point of contention – whether the trial will happen before or after the 2014 elections.Attorneys representing Gov. Pat McCrory, the N.C. Board of Elections and other state officials have laid out a proposed schedule in a report to the federal court, suggesting that a two- to three-week trial could be held no sooner than the summer of 2015.