FL Democrats Guilty of Same Accusations Made Against GOP

No surprise here: “Though Democrats supported a 2010 initiative to take politics out of the process of redrawing Florida’s political lines, emails show some of the party’s biggest political players were involved in drawing maps.”

It bears repeating, there is no such thing as a “nonpartisan” redistricting commission.  Nonpartisan redistricting commissions are partisan redistricting commissions hiding behind layers of disguise.  Arizona, California, and now Florida are finding out the hard way.

Journalistic Malpractice at Houston Chronicle on Texas Election Changes

Link at PJ Media:

“Why do reporters at dead-trees outlets swallow any myth about the law that the Left dangles in front of them? The answer is simple – mere mention of the Voting Rights Act is designed to frighten legislators and introduce race into any debate about election process laws. In the past, it has served to clear the decks of any opposition to what Democrats want.

But the Voting Rights Act in no way affects the Texas legislation at issue.”

Black voter turnout surpassed white rate and pushed Obama over the top

Politico highlights an Associated Press analysis:

America’s blacks voted at a higher rate than other minority groups in 2012 and by most measures surpassed the white turnout for the first time, reflecting a deeply polarized presidential election in which blacks strongly supported Barack Obama while many whites stayed home.  Had people voted last November at the same rates they did in 2004, when black turnout was below its current historic levels, Republican Mitt Romney would have won narrowly, according to an analysis conducted for The Associated Press.

…Overall, the findings represent a tipping point for blacks, who for much of America’s history were disenfranchised and then effectively barred from voting until passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965.


…The 2012 data suggest Romney was a particularly weak GOP candidate, unable to motivate white voters let alone attract significant black or Latino support. Obama’s personal appeal and the slowly improving economy helped overcome doubts and spur record levels of minority voters in a way that may not be easily replicated for Democrats soon.

Romney would have erased Obama’s nearly 5 million-vote victory margin and narrowly won the popular vote if voters had turned out as they did in 2004, according to Frey’s analysis. Then, white turnout was slightly higher and black voting lower.

FEC allows Socialist Party to keep donors secret

The reason: revealing the identity of the donors could lead to possible intimidation and harassment of socialist supporters.  That’s the same argument that conservative organizations and lawmakers have used in recent years to oppose tightening campaign finance disclosure laws. In their case, it’s mostly to protect big donors from criticism and protest.  

More @ Politico.

Take it on Faith – Cross State List Checks Dangerous

A typical HuffPost piece warning of the dangers of states cooperating to see if state voter lists have duplicate voters.  Bob Brandon has it in for the good work Virginia has done to verify if Virginia voters are registered in other states.  Noting that Virginia first thought 308,000 voters were registered in another state besides Virginia, he downplays the final number.

You’ll be pleased to learn that “a little over 164,000 voters were found to be registered in other states,” according to Brandon.

Yes, just “a little over” 164,000 voters were improperly registered in Virginia.  Comforting.


Brandon and those who warn of disenfranchisement when states cross check their voter lists for duplicates never seem to be able to produce a single person who was disenfranchised from a cross state check.  Instead, election integrity advocates can produce multiple examples of people who voted twice in different states, like Democrat Congressional Candidate Wendy Rosen or college student Tarrell Campbell.

You won’t ever hear Brandon mention Campbell or Rosen in a HuffPost piece.

Brandon is at the “Fair Elections Legal Network,” one of the many George Soros funded groups designed to preserve defects in our electoral system and criticize those law abiding citizens who want to ensure that illegal votes are not cast.  Naturally, Brandon also is a member of the academy as well as a genuine partisan:

“Mr. Brandon has been an advisor to the White House on health care strategy. Earlier in his career, he served as Washington Director of Citizen Action, the Executive Director of the Citizen/ Labor Energy Coalition and Director of the Tax Reform Research Group. He has been an adjunct lecturer in law at the George Washington University Law School.”

Amnesty is a “Civil Right”

 WND: “U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, in remarks that largely have escaped notice, has claimed that “creating a mechanism for [illegal aliens] to earn citizenship and move out of the shadows… is a matter of civil and human rights.”

Holder also said that the federal government will work hard “to safeguard the rights of language minorities.”

Escaped notice? 

“Miami-Dade prosecutor to Latvala: I’m ‘disappointed’ election bill’s fraud-fighting was weakened”

Miami Herald link: “The potential of absentee ballot fraud effecting an election has brought together the citizens of this community, as signified by the 23 recommendations of the Miami-Dade Grand Jury, the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners (BCC) and our Supervisor of Elections. The Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners passed resolution R-118-13 urging the Florida Legislature to enact the recommendations of the Grand Jury report in an effort to combat absentee ballot fraud. Reinstating the previous statutory requirement that a witness signature appear on each absentee ballot will provide a means of ensuring that every absentee ballot cast is an honest vote.”