Eddie “Sweet Thang” Brown, 1941-2013


Eddie “Sweet Thang” Brown died on Thursday.  Eddie was a Great American, good friend and great fellow.  He was the example of what a public servant should be – humble, frugal, hard working, and ever careful of overreach.  He was an investigator at the South Carolina Secretary of State’s office and a great witness on the stand.  He received the Palmetto Patriot Award from the South Carolina Lt. Governor and Secretary of state and was beloved by all.  He was a great entertainer and very funny.  He was as much of a gentlemen as you will ever meet.  A dedicated Clemson fan and doting dad, he will be missed.  You can read about his admirable life here.

Mandatory Voter Registration: A Solution in Search of a Problem

The Wall Street Journal has this article about mandatory voter registration:

“They basically want to use the government to do Democratic voter outreach and voter registration for them,” Mr. von Spakovsky says. “They believe that if they can get, for example, everyone registered to vote who is currently getting government benefits like welfare . . . then that will somehow get them more votes at the polls and make it easier to win elections.”

The Voter Empowerment Act would also mandate automatic registration of individuals on motor-vehicle, tax and university rolls, many of whom are aliens or have multiple addresses in different states: “You’re basically going to be registering lots of people who are ineligible and leading to many duplicate registrations.” The groups pushing such efforts—among them the Brennan Center for Justice, the ACLU and the NAACP—include “the same organizations that have been filing lawsuits over the past few years trying to prevent states from verifying the accuracy and eligibility of people on their voter-registration databases,” Mr. von Spakovsky says.

All this to solve what he argues is a nonexistent problem. “The number of people who don’t vote or don’t register because they have some kind of problem with registration is a tiny, tiny percentage. It is so easy these days to register to vote, including the fact that many states now allow online registration, that . . . it is not going to increase turnout.”

Vote Fraud Deniers at the Cincinnati Enquirer


The Cincinnati Enquirer fails entirely to mention the election official who proudly said on camera she voted multiple times for multiple people for President Obama.  Of course the Inquirer is not alone.  Some have used the incident merely to highlight that voter ID isn’t a solution, as if that is the alpha and omega of election integrity efforts. 


How about the people in Ohio who falsely claimed poll watchers were part of a voter suppression effort?  Are we to take them seriously next time now that we know the craftwork of Meloweese Richardson?  Part of Richardson’s method was to not use the absentee ballot list in the precinct she managed – something True the Vote poll watchers are trained to pick up on.  Now we know why so many people have wanted True the Vote’s silent quiet poll observers far away from the polls in Ohio.  They would have noticed that Richardson dispensed with the absentee ballot list. 

“Jesse Jackson Jr. ‘Facing Significant Jail Time'”

From the Heritage Foundry, this: Jesse Jackson Jr. is facing “significant jail time” in his pending plea deal over a Justice Department investigation of the misuse of his federal campaign fund, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.  Apparently, Jackson was using those funds to purchase things like a
$40,000 Rolex. Jackson resigned last November in the midst of that
investigation.


Accused Voter Fraudster on Camera: “I Voted Twice”

Must be seen to be believed. (video at link).   Accused Ohio Democrat Obama activist is on camera admitting she “voted twice for Mr. Obama and Mr. Obama’s right to sit as President of the United States.”

A flurry of voter fraud subpoenas have issued in Hamilton County regarding the 2012 Presidential election.  Part of the investigation involves Meloweese Richardson.  Richardson registered “thousands of voters” and is an Obama activist. She admits on camera she voted twice.  She is also a poll worker in Ohio and her activities at the polls are part of a wide ranging investigation.

Meloweese Richardson is going to be talked about for a very long time.  She also admits on camera voting for her daughter India.  This is the same sort of behavior which occurred in Noxubee County Mississippi in the case of United States v. Ike Brown - double voting, poll worker collusion, absentee fraud, false voting at the polls.  Her double voting sounds like Carrie Kate Windham’s behavior in Mississippi.  Windham was a Democrat Party official that cast votes illegally for other people.

It seems to keep on going, and a whole bunch of “experts” on elections write books and blogs minimizing the criminal behavior.  Could it be because they and Richardson are allied politically?  Whatever the reason, the vote fraud deniers do a disservice to the Rule of Law they profess to support.

Sasquatch Roams Ohio

Some academics think voter fraud is as common as Sasquatch.  Looks like Sasquatch showed up in the Presidential election in Ohio.

Subpoenas are flying: “Most troubling for election officials was the accidental discovery that a veteran poll worker appeared to have been engaged in a double-voting scheme allegedly involving both her and her granddaughter. She had served as a poll worker since 1988.”