Zombies in Mississippi to Be Removed from Rolls

Tabella has the link below, but I’ve got to post the full Clarion Ledger fun on our settlement in ACRU v. Walthall County:


Under a consent decree filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court, dead people who used to live in Mississippi’s Walthall County will no longer be allowed to vote there.


The A.P. this morning first reported the deal, in which the county agreed to scrub its voter rolls of people who shouldn’t be voting, including, but not limited to disenfranchised felons, cadavers used for medical research, people who live in Alaska, Civil War veterans and mummies.


Walthall County had 11,219 voting-age residents in 2012 and 12,752 registered voters as of Wednesday, according to the A.P. That’s a difference of about 1,500 registered voters who definitely should be purged from the list, but because only around 75 percent of the eligible voting population nationwide is registered, there’s a good chance that thousands more no longer belong on the voting rolls either.


The lawsuit that sparked the settlement was brought by what I can only assume is the conservative version of the ACLU, the American Civil Rights Union. The group apparently believes voting rights should be restricted to those who can perform such complex tasks as breathing and filling out a ballot.


The deceased voters of Walthall County could not be reached for comment, and I’m having a hard time finding other opponents of the decree.


Notably, the ruling does not explicitly address the voting rights of the undead — those who once died, and were then reanimated, like a zombie or (SPOILER ALERT)¹ Buffy the Vampire Slayer. But because the process for disqualifying a dead voter involves cross-checking with the Social Security Administration and the Department of Health, there may be a way for disenfranchised corpses to retain their voting rights by reactivating their social security numbers.


But honestly, that sounds like an awful lot of paperwork to vote in the local tax collector’s race.

Consent Decree in ACRU v. Walthall County MS for Voter Roll Clean-Up

Here is the consent decree we reached in ACRU v. Walthall County (MS).  The consent decree is the first consent decree with a private plaintiff in the 20 year history of Motor Voter resulting in a voter roll clean-up.  Walthall County, Mississippi, had 125% of eligible voting age citizens registered to vote.  Walthall admitted liability under Section 8 of Motor Voter and agreed to commence cleaning up the rolls. 

Wisconsin Republican state legislator files election reform bill

Wisconsin legislators met Wednesday to hear public testimony on six
bills regarding administrative rules on Election Day, including a bill
requiring listing proof of residency on the poll lists for first-time
voters.


Sen. Mary Lazich, R-New Berlin, lead author of the six bills and
Committee on Elections and Urban Affairs chair, said the administration
of the recount of ballots in Racine on June 5, 2012 and unsolved voter
fraud investigations in Milwaukee prompted her to write the bills. 

Link to stories here and here

“Miss. county won’t let dead people vote anymore; zombie voting rights uncertain”

The (Clarion Ledger) Buzz in Mississippi has a little fun reporting on the impact of the NVRA consent decree requiring list maintenance of the voter registration rolls:


Under a consent decree filed Wednesday in U.S.
District Court, dead people who used to live in Mississippi’s Walthall
County will no longer be allowed to vote there.

The A.P. this morning
first reported the deal, in which the county agreed to scrub its voter
rolls of people who shouldn’t be voting, including, but not limited to
disenfranchised felons, cadavers used for medical research, people who
live in Alaska, Civil War veterans and mummies.


…the deceased voters of Walthall County could not
be reached for comment, and I’m having a hard time finding other
opponents of the decree.


Notably, the ruling does not explicitly address the voting rights of
the undead — those who once died, and were then reanimated, like a
zombie or (SPOILER ALERT)¹ Buffy the Vampire Slayer. .
But because the process for disqualifying a dead voter involves
cross-checking with the Social Security Administration and the
Department of Health, there may be a way for disenfranchised corpses to
retain their voting rights by reactivating their social security
numbers.

Miami Vice and Political Corruption

Like a season finale of Miami Vice, the cops show up outside the house of the Mayor, this time it is three Mayors busted in one month. First, Miami Lakes Mayor Mike Pizzi and Sweetwater Mayor Manny Maroño were busted in a federal corruption case this month.
Now the State Attorney’s Office has busted Homestead Mayor Steve Bateman in an unrelated case.

NC Governor: “Protect Election Integrity”

In 2016, photo ID will be required to vote in North Carolina, just as
it is today when citizens cash a check, apply for government benefits
or even when buying cold remedies such as Sudafed.  The need for
photo ID has been questioned by those who say voter fraud isn’t a
problem in North Carolina. However, assuming fraud isn’t a threat when
multimillion dollar campaigns are trying to win in a state where
millions of votes are cast is like believing oversight isn’t needed
against Wall Street insider trading. More at USA Today.

Bill Clinton: Voting should be as easy as buying an “assault weapon”

Interesting that Democrats want to highly regulate, require delays and ban assault weapons.  In many Democratic ruled cities, it is almost impossible to purchase or carry a weapon.


via Hot Air …former President Bill Clinton waggled his finger once again and zinged
gun-rights activists, saying that voting should not be harder to do than
buying an “assault weapon.” Since those purchases require a picture ID
and usually a five-day waiting period, most gun-rights and voter-ID
supporters would probably agree