Emerging partisanship at the EAC conference this week.  “The League of Women Voters’ President Elisabeth McNamara criticized voter ID as being assumed to solve many election problems. But she failed to mention how the League of Women Voters doesn’t even recognize the problems it does solve. McNamara ironically declared at the roundtable that “we are an organization based on facts.” The facts are that when the Indiana voter ID law was challenged, the League of Women Voters filed a brief with a serious factual error. They claimed that a woman was a victim of disenfranchisement, but she actually attempted commit vote fraud. Florida resident Faye Buis-Ewing tried to vote in Indiana with her Florida’s driver’s license. She was not permitted to do so, and rightfully so. This is an example of the voter ID actually solving a problem of vote fraud.”

 Emerging partisanship at the EAC conference this week.  “The League of Women Voters’ President Elisabeth McNamara criticized voter ID as being assumed to solve many election problems. But she failed to mention how the League of Women Voters doesn’t even recognize the problems it does solve. McNamara ironically declared at the roundtable that “we are an organization based on facts.” The facts are that when the Indiana voter ID law was challenged, the League of Women Voters filed a brief with a serious factual error. They claimed that a woman was a victim of disenfranchisement, but she actually attempted commit vote fraud. Florida resident Faye Buis-Ewing tried to vote in Indiana with her Florida’s driver’s license. She was not permitted to do so, and rightfully so. This is an example of the voter ID actually solving a problem of vote fraud.”

Representative Trey Gowdy and Senator Lindsey Graham want the DOJ Voting Section to turn over the memos that were prepared by Chris Herren and career staff and given to Tom Perez recommending the preclearance of South Carolina Voter ID.  Yesterday they sent another demand to the Justice Department to turn over the memos and work.  Justice has not denied that the memos exist because they can’t.  They exist, and the volume on this story isn’t going to reduce.

What strange symmetry we have.  But six years ago, the left wing blogospere and liberal election law academics were all aflutter about Georgia Voter ID and the dastardly actions of the Bush Justice Department. There was only one problem with that 2006 narrative – the Voting Section Chief recommended preclearance of Georgia Voter ID. 

Fast forward to 2012 where the Voting Section Chief again recommended preclearance, but was overruled for real. 

And it is expensive strange symmetry also.  Unlike the Georgia matter, the disregard of the DOJ career recommendations in South Carolina cost millions of dollars.  Small change for sure to bureaucrats, but not to members of Congress and the Senate charged with protecting South Carolina’s interests.  Considering that both of the members of Congress sit on key committees, this is going to be a bumpy ride.

Of course we won’t hear a thing from all those good folks so incensed in 2006 about career staff being overruled.  The silence will be delicious.

Representative Trey Gowdy and Senator Lindsey Graham want the DOJ Voting Section to turn over the memos that were prepared by Chris Herren and career staff and given to Tom Perez recommending the preclearance of South Carolina Voter ID.  Yesterday they sent another demand to the Justice Department to turn over the memos and work.  Justice has not denied that the memos exist because they can’t.  They exist, and the volume on this story isn’t going to reduce.

What strange symmetry we have.  But six years ago, the left wing blogospere and liberal election law academics were all aflutter about Georgia Voter ID and the dastardly actions of the Bush Justice Department. There was only one problem with that 2006 narrative – the Voting Section Chief recommended preclearance of Georgia Voter ID. 

Fast forward to 2012 where the Voting Section Chief again recommended preclearance, but was overruled for real. 

And it is expensive strange symmetry also.  Unlike the Georgia matter, the disregard of the DOJ career recommendations in South Carolina cost millions of dollars.  Small change for sure to bureaucrats, but not to members of Congress and the Senate charged with protecting South Carolina’s interests.  Considering that both of the members of Congress sit on key committees, this is going to be a bumpy ride.

Of course we won’t hear a thing from all those good folks so incensed in 2006 about career staff being overruled.  The silence will be delicious.

 Scotland, North Carolina.  And kudos to the Virginia SBE for helping catch fraud in North Carolina. 

Officials claim the voter was on probation at the time of the election and was not eligible to vote. Voting while a felon is considered a Class I felony.

 Scotland, North Carolina.  And kudos to the Virginia SBE for helping catch fraud in North Carolina. 

Officials claim the voter was on probation at the time of the election and was not eligible to vote. Voting while a felon is considered a Class I felony.

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