Charlotte Observer story here. “Groups like the NAACP and ACLU have consistently opposed every election integrity measure, and have even opposed any compromises,” said Adams, who was hired during the Bush Administration but resigned in 2010 after accusing the Obama Administration of having a racial agenda. “They have had longstanding problems even finding plaintiffs who are unable to obtain the free voter identification. This lawsuit is about the politics of the 2014 election, not civil rights. They are trying to mobilize their political base by dishonestly scaring Americans into thinking these new laws to fight voter fraud will impact law-abiding Americans.”
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LA Secretary of State on Voting Section’s “Gestapo Tactics”
The Louisiana Secretary of State accuses the DOJ Voting Section of using litigation to extract data which will be used by third party groups for political partisan advantage, naturally for Democrats. The U.S. Justice Department is suing the state for access to voter data in an attempt to turn the state from red to blue, Secretary of State Tom Schedler told a meeting of Baton Rouge Republicans on Tuesday. Schedler said Eric Holder’s office was acting “like the Gestapo” in requesting registration information. The suit, U.S. v. Schedler et al was filed in 2011 and claims that Schedler, in his position as chief elections administrator, was not ensuring some Louisianians who visited public assistance offices were given the opportunity to register to vote, as required by federal law. Soon after, the NAACP and Project Vote, an advocacy group, filed a similar lawsuit. While those groups won their case in the state Supreme Court, Schedler’s office is still dealing with the DOJ suit. As part of the suit, Holder’s office requested that data on 2.9 million Louisiana be sent to the federal government as part of the discovery process. The requested information included social security numbers, dates of birth and mothers’ maiden names, Schedler said. “This (suit) was about sharing information for other purposes,” Schedler said at the monthly Reagan Newsmaker Luncheon held Tuesday at a Baton Rouge restaurant. “This is more about turning Louisiana from red state, purple state, blue state than it has anything to do with this suit.” Schedler said two state statutes and six federal laws preclude him from releasing this information, but that he would be against giving it to the federal government even if he could. Moreover, he speculates the DOJ data request is part and parcel of other recent efforts by the federal government to gather information on private citizens, such as the NSA’s data mining efforts and IRS’ attempts to investigate conservative political groups. “They’re like the Gestapo, quite frankly,” Schedler said of the Justice Department. “They come in like Keystone Cops with a gun to your head.”
Voter Fraud Investigation Launched in Alabama
Absentee ballot fraud, Dothan.
“At issue are 124 absentee ballots in the district race. Of those, incumbent Amos Newsome received 119 votes while challenger Lamesa Danzey got the other five. While the investigation is underway, WDHN News is uncovering more potential voter fraud. Several absentee ballots were sent to an address where some people claim that have not lived in years.
Dismissal in South Dakota Indian Early Voting Case
Case dismissed in South Dakota. Memo and order in Brooks v Grant here. The case was dismissed because the South Dakota Secretary of State accommodated the request and the case was essentially moot. Nevertheless, we have this quote in Indiana Country Today:
“That’s breathtaking,” said Bret Healy, Four Directions consultant. “They have the insurance public officials typically hold to cover lawsuits. We all met the plaintiffs via their depositions—single parents, one with an epileptic child, others caring for infirm elders, from one of the poorest counties in the nation. The state of South Dakota and the counties are really going to do this? God have pity on their souls.”
Maryland’s Mary Cramer Wagner Doesn’t Understand NVRA
In this story, an election official in Maryland doesn’t understand the NVRA. Mary Cramer Wagner, the director of the voter registration division of the Maryland State Board of Elections, said she was “incensed” by Election Integrity Maryland’s accusations. She said her office has investigated the latest list that Kelleher’s organization had given her. If the elections board mails an official election item to a voter and it comes back stamped “nonforwardable,” the office sends another piece to confirm the voter’s status, she said. If there is no response on that mailing, the voter goes into “inactive” status, she said. If the voter then does not vote in two federal elections, he or she is moved to “canceled” status, she said. An inactive voter has to verify her status before she can vote. A canceled voter is no longer eligible to vote. “Unless I get that information [that a voter has died] from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene or a family member, I can’t make the assumption they’re dead,” Wagner said.
Really? She’s wrong. A dead voter can be removed immediately from the rolls. If the voter is dead, the registration may be cancelled. The NVRA does NOT permit removal only when the “Department of Mental Health and Hygiene or a family member” tells the election official that the voter is dead. The NVRA requires the removal of dead voters, period. Any Maryland law or policy that permits dead voters to remain on the rolls is inconsistent with NVRA.
If dead voters are deliberately being left on the rolls, and knowingly being left on the rolls in Maryland, it sounds like Maryland could soon end up in the caption of a lawsuit brought under Section 8 of NVRA.
North Carolina Paper Ballots: Bad Idea
Tabella has a post below noting that the North Carolina election law changes require paper ballots by 2018. This is a catastrophic idea. Paper ballots are the worst possible method for voting. They are an invitation to manipulation and fraud. More voter fraud has occurred through the use of paper ballots than any other method of election rigging. Unfortunately, many unfamiliar with actual election administration (read: the tin-foil hat gang that thinks machines can be hacked from outer space) are more worried about electronic machines than paper ballots. That’s too bad. They are wrong. The paranoia fueled movement to turn back the clock and use paper ballots is harming the integrity of American elections to an even greater degree than the voter fraud deniers opposing voter ID. The best election system is an optical scan system with electronic tabulation, period. That North Carolina didn’t chose that option is a tragedy.
“Why is Voter ID So Popular?”
“Despite our understanding of the risks of fraud, we are treated to a political class and media that attack anyone who dare counteract the problem. In 2008, the Organizing for America Chief Counsel requested that the Department of Justice investigate individuals who publicly discussed voter fraud. Last week the Maryland State Board of Elections sneered at a local citizen and argued that it had no duty to answer questions received about voter roll maintenance. This week, MSNBC attacked Politico for daring to quote True the Vote on election law reforms. Why is this popular voter ID so “controversial”? It makes the jobs of political operatives that prey on a weak system more difficult. It also proves the privileged northeastern academics’ racial generalizations are wrong. . . . Above all, the popularity of voter ID demonstrates that even if you are a person of color or don’t make much money, you do not believe that you are incapable of taking responsibility for your vote. Broad demographic support for voter ID is an existential threat to interest groups that have lined their pockets for decades by profiting from the social discord they themselves have sown.”
Link.
North Carolina to require paper ballots by 2018
Part of the controversial voter ID bill Governor McCrory signed into law Monday, requires every county in North Carolina to use paper ballots instead of touch screen electric voting machines. Link.
Mark Levin on NC voter ID law: “Democrats want to defend fraud”
@ RightScoop, Mark Levin states the the lawsuit against the NC voter ID law is not about civil rights laws, Democrats want to promote voter fraud:
You know what it is? Let’s just be honest, they want to defend fraud.
They want to defend fraud. You can’t get on an airplane without a
government issued ID. You can’t buy booze without a government issued
ID. You can’t lease an apartment without a government issued ID. You
can’t do damn near anything without a government issued ID.
Except vote! Anyone can vote without a photo ID at the polls!
….voter integrity is something the Democrat party rejects. Because they
want multiple voting. Because they want dead people voting.
Who uses it? The big cities use it, among others. When LBJ was
running for president or first, for the Senate, it was rural areas that
were using it.
So this isn’t some civil rights issue. This is to promote fraud!