As promised, here is a story with the names of the Alabama politicians marching with the racist anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan in Alabama to defend Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.
South Dakotan charged with voter fraud and arrested – on election day
The Mitchell Police Division on Wednesday morning reported the arrest Tuesday night of Mitchell resident Craig Guymon, 54, on charges of voter fraud related to Tuesday’s Mitchell school board election. Guymon was arrested for the offense of voting more than once, which according to state law is a felony punishable upon conviction by up to two years imprisonment and a fine of up to $4,000. Yes, people are “willing to risk felony charges to influence an election,” even, or rather especially, in local elections where a small number of votes may change the outcome.
“Watt, NC lawmakers testify at redistricting trial”
Republican legislative leaders weren’t justified in drawing
majority-black political districts in areas where African-American
voters already had proved to elect their favored candidates in
coalitions with whites, U.S. Rep. Mel Watt and other Democratic elected
officials said at a redistricting trial Tuesday.
…Watt and other black politicians testified that racially polarized
voting doesn’t exist in their areas anymore or has decreased
dramatically, and so majority-black districts aren’t needed there for
black candidates to succeed. The decision by Republican mapmakers to
create districts that are more than 50 percent black as a reasonable
remedy to avoid some challenges under the U.S. Voting Rights Act is
wrong, they argued. NewsObserver.com
Representative Harper provides the reasons why the Congress should eliminate the EAC
Video of Representative Harper, Mississippi at the House Committee on Administration mark up hearing yesterday. The big question: Will Republicans in the House of Representatives be able to generate the momentum to actually fold the agency this year or is it simply another year of life-support as a zombie agency.
Quote of the Day: “Times Up!”
Congressman Harper blogs and tweets: The EAC still has NO commissioners, NO executive director, and NO general counsel. Its time is up.
Racist Anti-Semite Heads to AL to Support Section 5
The racist anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan is traveling to Alabama to support Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. We’ll report here and elsewhere on any official, politician or group that welcomes him. Perhaps he can go to the national Voting Rights Museum in Selma and admire the displays.
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“Election officials say legislation needed to address millions of duplicate voters nationwide”
Committee on House Administration Chairman Candice Miller, R-Mich.,
issued the following statement after the full Committee hearing on H.R.
2115, The Voter Registration Efficiency Act:
“During today’s hearing, we heard about voters casting ballots in
two states, states spending thousands to maintain duplicate
registrations, and NVRA’s outdated provisions that prevent states from
doing anything about it.“Based on my experience as Michigan’s Secretary of State and the
input of other state election officials forced to comply with the
antiquated provisions of NVRA, Mr. Rokita, former Indiana Secretary of
State, and I drafted legislation that updates NVRA. Our bill gives
states the ability to collect and share the information necessary to
identify and prevent millions of duplicate voter registrations
nationwide – an overdue update that will undoubtedly improve the
integrity of our electoral process.“I was encouraged by today’s testimony reaffirming this
legislation’s ability to help states with this process without imposing
costly mandates that would impact their respective list maintenance
procedures. I thank our witnesses for their valuable feedback – it is
crucial to this process and the success of any election administration
reform.”….In addition to jeopardizing the integrity of our elections, duplicate
registrations cost states thousands to maintain. According to
Michigan’s Director of Elections, Christopher Thomas, the cost alone of
sending mailers to former state residents still registered in Michigan
was approximately $13,000 in 2012.
More voter fraud in Hamilton County
“Hamilton County’s Election’s Board Wednesday sent two more cases of potential voter fraud to the prosecutor for further investigation, bringing the total number before the prosecutor to 10,” reports Cincinnati.com. Another “rare” case still under investigation involves a voter who cast two ballots – one absentee and one regular ballot at the polls on Election Day – and had both votes counted. “The precinct leader testified Wednesday she didn’t have enough qualified poll workers to handle the amount of people and problems.” Overworked, under-trained (and occasionally criminal) poll workers, plus registration rolls filled with ineligible voters, is a combination sure to yield “problems.” Not an election process that inspires confidence.
House Committee votes to shut down EAC as “bloated bureaucracy”
USA Today reports: A House committee approved legislation Tuesday to shut down the
federal commission set up more than 10 years ago to help states improve
their election systems.
“This agency needs to go,” said
Mississippi Republican Rep. Gregg Harper, who introduced the bill to
eliminate the Election Assistance Commission. “This agency has outlived
its usefulness and to continue to fund it is the definition of
irresponsibility.” The House Administration Committee approved
the legislation by voice vote. This marks Harper’s third attempt in four
years to close the bipartisan independent commission, which he called a
“bloated bureaucracy.”