After fraudulent votes are cast, some prosecutors in Minnesota are willing to go after voter fraud crimes. However, the key is to implement laws and procedures to prevent double voting.  In the Faribault Daily News, at least today, voter fraud exists. Tomorrow, the voter fraud deniers will claim it doesn’t. 

Voter fraud charges have been filed against two Somali women who
say they didn’t realize they voted twice in the general election last
November.

Farhiya Abdi Dool, 38, and Amina A Hassan, 31, each face one
felony charge for voting once by absentee ballot and once at a polling
place during the 2012 general election. The women, both naturalized U.S.
citizens, were charged June 21 via complaint summons and will make
their first appearances in Rice County District Court next Monday.

Neither woman has an attorney listed in court
documents as representing them. But supporters of Dool’s say that her
actions were an honest mistake that shouldn’t be punished with a felony
charge.

Each woman faces five years in prison and a $10,000 fine for the offense.

As many of you are aware, the U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act, which contained an outdated elections formula based on data from the Civil Rights era

…In the 21st Century, elections should not be about race but who is best for the job. At the end of the day, we all are guaranteed equal rights under the United States Constitution. Isn’t it time we look beyond the color of our skin and realize that we’re all Americans? The solution to healing racial tensions in America is not a simple “black or white” issue. Reconciliation extends well beyond the scope of voting rights and will require individuals from all races and ethnicities to work together towards tearing down the racial divide, and most importantly, forgive the injustices of the past.

Republicans focused on 107 state legislative seats in 16 states where GOP wins in four or five Democratic districts per state would enable the Republicans to re-shape about 190 congressional districts. Leading GOP strategist Ed Gillespie ran this operation. He took over the Republican State Leadership Committee, and the party poured more than $30 million into these contests. It also spent many millions on various gubernatorial contests.

REDMAP succeeded brilliantly. In 2010, the GOP netted some 700 state seats, increasing its share of state House and Senate seats by almost 10 percent, from approximately 3200 to over 3900. It took over both legislative chambers in 25 states and won total control of 21 states (legislature and governorship) — the greatest such victory since 1928. In 17 of these states, GOP legislatures controlled the congressional redistricting for 173 seats. The other five GOP states have only one congressional district or rely on an independent commission.

Republicans promptly went on a gerrymandering spree. In 2011, the GOP remapped these states to protect congressional and state Republicans in newly acquired competitive districts.

I will be on with Lou Dobbs tonight on Fox News.  7 pm.

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Breitbart: “The prosecution of George Zimmerman shares all the same cast of characters as the voter intimidation case against the New Black Panthers–only the script has changed. This time, the New Black Panthers are among the accusers, not the accused. 

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“Nevertheless, the court’s decision to recognize that the racial climate in the South has undergone substantial change over the past 60 years has leading Democrats and the breathless left wing pundits on MSNBC (the Rev. Al Sharpton most especially) out there torching the Supreme Court and predicting the return of George Wallace and Bull Connor.”  Baltimore Sun

Fact: Prior to this bill’s passage, Arizona was one of only a handful of states that did not have a specific law on who can handle or return a ballot. In fact, when speaking to legislators from other states, whether red, blue, or purple, I found the practice of mass collection of ballots is unheard of.

One man turning in 4,000 ballots? That doesn’t really happen, does it? Surprisingly, yes. This fact was stated in testimony before my Senate Elections committee.

Regarding the ability of county elections officials to remove someone from the permanent early-voting list — every other state that has early balloting has a way for the county recorders to keep their lists clean and up to date.

Fact: Voters move and some voters have passed away. Many people are on the early-voting list, but choose to vote at the polls instead. How in the world can the voter lists be kept clean without the ability to update them as necessary?