The Galveston elections official says voter ID is not a big deal, a small blip on the radar.  Other issues that cause provisional ballots outpace any of those needed for ID issue.

Galveston County is holding early voting on a Galveston ISD issue.
Over 1,100 votes have already been cast. And elections official Bill
Sargent told KTRH it’s gone very smoothly.

“Only one provisional ballot had anything to do with a voter
identification issue. We’ve had 12 provisional ballots for various
reasons, but only one was for voter ID,” Sargent said. “We were
anticipating more. That hasn’t materialized. If this is indicative, then
it will be a blip on the radar, and a very small one at that.”

Catherine Englebrecht of True the Vote told KTRH she expected exactly what we are seeing in Galveston.

“Voters already have, in most cases, the identifications the state is
looking for. Texas has a number of kinds of identifications that work,”
Engelbrecht said. “We’re thrilled to hear that it’s been a walk in the
park, as we knew it would be.”

 Fox Latino.

Bretibart has the story, and photos.

Sen. Tim Scott, R.-S.C., the only African American serving in the
United States Senate, wasn’t invited to the event commemorating the 50th
anniversary of Martin Luther King’s march on Washington, though a host
of Democratic luminaries spoke on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

More here.

 The Daily Beast.

Today at the Martin Luther King commemoration, there was this over the top statement.

Melanie Campbell said, “Today there are no white sheets, but there are judges in black robes in the U.S. Supreme Court striking down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act, opening the floodgates in many states to pass more voter ID laws

I expect people like Campbell to try to scare people and smear people.  So where are the reasonable voices of the center left condemning Campbell’s incitement?  Where are the self-appointed measured and thoughtful commentators to call out Campbell?  Where are the snarky twenty-something bloggers who pounce on any colorable stupidity to come from the mouths of conservatives? 

As usual, they are no where to be seen.  Will gladly post links if they exist. Send by email or put in comments if I am wrong.

 Link.

Complaints from yesterday’s high-style municipal election in Tuscaloosa.  Link:

“The case surrounds a house on University Circle, just off campus. Voting records show more than 10 people are registered to vote in the house, but we are told none of these people actually live here.”

No word whether Richard Head was involved.

“The state Republican Party yesterday criticized an investigation by the attorney general’s office that found no evidence of voter fraud at a Democratic state senator’s house, with RNC Chairwoman Jennifer Horn saying the inquiry “made no effort to look at any objective evidence.””