The Dallas Morning News reports: In a new campaign video, Rep. Dan Branch is promising to stand up to the federal government in order to protect the integrity of Texas elections.
D.C. Councilmember David Grosso proposed a bill today that would allow for D.C. residents who aren’t citizens to vote in local elections. …Seven jurisdictions in the U.S. allow for noncitizens to vote in local elections, six of which are in Maryland, according to Grosso’s statement. Link to story.
“Translation: D.C. residents with a green card would be able to vote in municipal elections.”
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Such lawlessness would hardly be out of character. Washington Times:
“The House’s chief investigator says the FBI is stonewalling his inquiry into whether the agency and the Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative group True the Vote for special scrutiny, and Rep. Darrell E. Issa is now threatening subpoenas to pry loose the information from FBI Director James B. Comey Jr.
Mr. Issa, California Republican, and Rep. Jim Jordan, Ohio Republican, are leading the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s IRS inquiry. They also said the FBI is refusing to turn over any documents related to its own investigation into the IRS, which began in the days after an auditor’s report revealed the tax agency had improperly targeted tea party groups for special scrutiny.
Six months after it began, the FBI’s investigation has resulted in no release of information. The congressmen said the FBI even rescinded an offer for an in-person briefing with the assistant director in charge of the investigation. The reversal, after the FBI consulted with the Justice Department, suggests political meddling, the two investigators said.
“The department’s tactics have impeded a congressional investigation and interfered with the committee’s access to documents and information. Obstructing a congressional investigation is a crime,” Mr. Issa and Mr. Jordan said in their letter to Mr. Comey, warning that if they don’t get the information they will use “compulsory” means.”
Post Bulletin LTTE.
“Next year, people in Mississippi who do not currently have a valid photo I.D. will be able to get a voter identification card for free, which will be required by the time the summer elections begin.
The requirement aims to help cut down on voter fraud. Photo I.D.’s like a driver’s license, college ID, or passport, are OK. But other forms of identification, without a photo, will not be accepted.”
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Charles Johnson at the Daily Caller.
“J. David Cox, the national president of the American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, pledged to ignore the Supreme Court and said that he and the labor movement would “fight in the streets” against Republican governors’ supporters of voter integrity efforts.”
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