The Washington Post reports that North Carolina Republicans ended a practice that Democrats used for decades to try to influence elections and preserve one-party rule with state and local races.  Ending straight party ticket voting has been a national reform that now has only three states continuing the practice. Where was the outrage at the Democrats blatant attempt to influence electoral outcomes?  None from any of the so-called voter advocacy groups.  Media silence. The only outrage is when Republicans try to reform the electoral system and level the playing field. 

North Carolina was one of just four states remaining that allowed a voter to check a single box to count a vote for every candidate of one party. Check the Democratic box and you cast a ballot for every Democrat from U.S. Senate to city council member or sanitation commissioner. The new law ends that option, which some Republicans think will remove a big hurdle they had in winning down-ballot races. Democrats have pointed out that African American voters disproportionately use straight-ticket voting. (It’s not like Democrats have always been purely altruistic on the straight-ticket option; after 1972, when Richard Nixon thumped George McGovern by 40 points in North Carolina, Democrats exempted the presidential race from the straight-ticket box. And not all Democrats oppose ending straight-ticket voting: New Hampshire Democrats abolished straight-ticket voting after they took over in 2007.)

Link at Hill, which seems to be covering routine monitoring for one of the first times.  A curious line from the story: “DOJ is in the process of appealing the High Court’s decision.”

To whom would DOJ appeal the Supreme Court decision?

Colorado is poised to deliver an object lesson in the chaos Democrats create when they have a free hand to “reform” election law….. More here at Timesleader.com.

If early voting is any indication, two Colorado state senators are in for a rough day tomorrow. Voters in Colorado have been busy over the past few months with a recall election after the state passed sweeping new gun control laws which included a ban on magazines holding more than 15 rounds of ammunition. Voters have their sights set on two officials in particular, Colorado Senate President John Morse and Sen. Angela Giron, who will learn whether they’ll keep their current positions in public office after recall election polls close Tuesday.

It is the wild west of voting in Colorado.  After the narrow passage of a highly partisan election bill designed to help Democrats and weaken the overall integrity of the system, this Washington Times article points out some of the election irregularities and missteps in the recall elections.  After the partisan voting war waged by Democrats on Colorado, there is no trust in the system.

As voting proceeds in the recall elections of State Senators John Morse and Angela Giron, irregularities in the voting process in Pueblo are coming to light. While litigation before the voting began clarified new rules of procedure, some rules are simply not being followed. Some of these irregularities could cause challenges later.

WRAL reports: A new cable television spot by Senate Leader Phil Berger is spurring renewed speculation about whether he’ll run for U.S. Senate.  Berger has toyed for months with a possible run in the 2014 election, but had been putting off a decision….Berger’s new television ad highlights the issue of requiring voters to show ID at the polls. “Shouldn’t you show a photo ID to vote? Liberals like Obama and Kay Hagan say no,” intones an announcer during the 30-second spot. “Now, thanks to Phil Berger, voters must show a valid photo ID to vote.”

 National Review Online:

This is the first time in the 20 years that the NVRA has been in force that a conservative group has sued to enforce Section 8, while liberal advocacy groups have filed many cases to try to stop election officials from cleaning up their registration lists, a practice which they foolishly label “voter suppression.” . . .

Given the error-ridden analysis of the district court judge and the prior case law that is directly on point, this should be a slam-dunk win for Davis. Eric Holder and his Justice Department are nowhere to be found in this case, and he never said a word about this real example of modern Jim Crow when he visited Guam last year.

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