The Left bemoans the lack of federal oversight of elections. Plan B is that all elections should be run the NY Times way and they want Congress to dictate. Link to Editorial.
“Secretaries of State face long odds in making the leap to Senate”
It’s not a natural springboard to the Senate, but the position of
secretary of state may appear that way leading up to the 2014 midterms.
By this time next year, as many as four Senate nominees may list that
job at the top of their political résumés.
If Senate Democrats successfully recruit West Virginia’s
Natalie Tennant, each party would have two Senate candidates running in a
potentially competitive race who have served as secretary of state — a
position held by fewer than a dozen senators in the past century.
Sid Salter: Feds will sue over Voter ID but not over weed
Clarion Ledger:
Holder’s logic is apparently that while states should have lots of leeway on how they deal with enforcement of federal laws against smoking and selling weed, states should not have that same leeway when it comes to efforts to fight perceived voter fraud.
And, in Holder’s world, what the U.S. Supreme Court has to say about the enforcement of voting rights can also be ignored if the Obama administration doesn’t agree with it. But since the Obama administration apparently thinks laws decriminalizing marijuana are a peachy keen idea, they will wink and nudge at existing federal anti-drug laws that clearly make marijuana sale and consumption illegal.
You can’t make this stuff up.
Holder clearly thinks laws should be enforced by region, too.
President Obama had to show his ID to vote in his home state of Illinois in early voting in 2012 and he was filmed doing so by every news network on the planet. Holder’s Justice Department signed off on voter ID laws in Virginia and Indiana, and the Supreme Court approved Indiana’s laws, which mirror those in Mississippi.
But the Obama administration strictly opposes voter ID laws in the South.
Left wing Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg “disillusioned” over voter ID laws and myths
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was interviewed by the New York Times and is “disillusioned” by voter ID and the myth that North Carolina and Texas were waiting to pass a photo ID law until after the Shelby decision:
Asked if she was disappointed by the almost immediate tightening of
voting laws in Texas and North Carolina after the decision, she chose a
different word: “Disillusioned.”
According to National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), the strict Texas photo ID law had been enacted in 2011 while the North Carolina ID law had been slowly making its way through the North Carolina legislature. In late April, the North Carolina state house passed a photo ID law and the Senate began its consideration. The truth is that the enactment of a North Carolina photo ID law was never really in doubt.
So it appears Justice Ginsburg is disillusioned not just by voter ID but by the New York Times inability to fact-check and other media distortion of the facts.
Larry Elder: “Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton weighs in on Voter ID, not on Syria”
A tweet from Larry Elder: Has Hillary Clinton, you know, the former Sec. of State weighed in on Syria,? We KNOW how she feels about voter ID. But Syria, nada.
The “Voter ID Plaintiff” Search Party: Day 3
The ELC Search Party is deep in the heart of Texas looking for our perfect Voter ID Plaintiff. No luck yet, but we need a find a Democrat who is willing to loudly complain that there aren’t enough options if we are to have any chance at putting a stake through the heart of photo ID. There is no pressure because we absolutely intend of filing lawsuits for the rest of the decade despite the Supreme Court ruling on voter ID.
Okay, how about Lucy Alvarado, an independent Democrat.
Lucy Alvarado, who leans Democratic but said she tries to be independent
during general elections, said the state allows enough options that
people shouldn’t complain.
“People shouldn’t complain.” Moving on.
The Motor City Mess: “The vote is in – incompetence wins by a landslide”
A mess in Detroit brings a voice to frustration:
When the government cannot guarantee something as elemental as a person’s vote, that government becomes illegitimate. That’s where we’re at in Detroit after the spectacle perpetrated by the office of the City Clerk Janice Winfrey and by extension the Board of Elections. A banana republic.
Missing hash marks, tardy absentee ballots, candidates left off the ballots. 108 percent of the adult population registered to vote and the mysterious retirement of the director of the board of elections.
The aftermath of the Detroit primary this month devolved into such a sitcom that the write-in ballots had to be sent to Lansing for a proper counting, and now a judge up there is thinking of kicking the whole thing to the feds. Sheesh.
It’s enough to launch a thousand conspiracy theories – see Tom Barrow. And conspiracy theories – like military juntas – do little to encourage democracy.
The “Voter ID Plaintiff” Search Party: Day 2
The ELC search party continues looking for that perfect plaintiff to bring down the entire photo ID law in one case. Where is that plaintiff? Today, is it possible we find that unprepared and unsuspecting voter who may be inconvenienced or slightly burdened? Lets go back to Texas because that’s where we really want to bring down the photo ID law.
What about Hector Garza as interviewed in MySanAntonio?
Outside the single polling place open for early voting, Hector Garza,
52, said he was prepared and saw no problem with the change. “No big deal,” Garza said. “I don’t really see a difference other than taking more time.”
No.Big.Deal. But it did take him more time?!?. While he could unknowingly be the cause of eight hour long lines, Hector was prepared and “saw no problem” with voter ID. Ugh. The Search Continues.
Voter ID suit should be tossed after plaintiff dies, Wisconsin officials argue
From a dead voter getting Voter ID to a dead Voter ID plaintiff: “Wisconsin officials say a federal challenge to the state’s voter ID law should be tossed because the only individual plaintiff died 10 months ago.”
“Pueblo Clerk Sends Voter ID Card To Deceased Woman”
Election integrity, Colorado style: Helen Lucero’s family still receives her mail, despite her passing away over a year ago. Junk mail, newsletters, probably even a few bills. But something a little more striking showed up the other day — a voter ID card. Actually, you don’t even need the yellow card. Thanks to an elections bill rammed through as a late bill by Democrats last session in a party-line vote — HB1303 — you can show up on election day without a photo ID, register to vote and cast your vote with a utility bill.
Democrat Pueblo Clerk and Recorder Bo Ortiz has been sending out yellow “voter ID cards” to registered voters in Pueblo County in advance of the recall election of Senator Angela Giron. Voters can appear at a polling location and vote with it as identification, with no need to show any form of photo ID. The yellow card is all you need.
Without a photo ID requirement, what’s to prevent someone from voting illegally using the departed Ms. Lucero’s card? Nothing at all. And the fraud would surely go undetected. Ms. Lucero isn’t going to complain, and the use of countywide vote centers lowers the odds that poll workers will recognize voters who come in to cast a ballot. No fraud found here.
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