I’m sure all the people crowing about “voter suppression” will be all over this one, in 3…2….1.
Who do I mean? The Brennan Center, Demos, Common Cause, the NAACP, the ACLU, the Nation, all the usual suspects. Until such time as someone emails me any criticism for the AFL-CIO from these groups, this will serve as another stark example of selective and partisan outrage from these formerly relevant and once proud organizations.
Link to story about AFL-CIO mailing to voters.
Welcome to Vote Fraud Deniers, one and all
Glad to know voter fraud deniers like Dan Froomkin at the Huffington Post read Election Law Center.
“Voter-ID laws aid Latinos, too”
The Times.
Democrats slow to remove non-citizens from voter rolls
Businessweek explores the issue of removal of non-citizens from the rolls.
Interesting points made in the article, including that Democrats were reluctant to recognize a problem with non-citizens illegally registered and slow to remove them from the voter rolls. Of course, Republicans were too hasty in their efforts to remove potential illegal voters. Of course, critics claim the proper action should have been to wait until after the election to remove the illegal voters. The article also points out that Democrats seemed reluctant to use federal databases with the most accurate citizenship data that would have helped prevent the wrongful identification of newly naturalized citizens as illegally registered voters.
Minnesota ID Amendment at 55%
Link to poll results. Despite the Democrat Governor making an all-out effort to defeat the voter integrity measure.
DNC Head interferes with voting process and police outside polling place
The Blaze reports: Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz tries to pull rank on a police officer while she obstructs voters trying to park and vote. Class Act.
Gallup: “U.S. Voter turnout will likely fall short of 2004 and 2008″
Gallup estimates voter turnout will actually decrease from last two Presidential elections. This seems hard to believe with all the intensity in the election; however, we shall soon see.
“Dem early vote lead in Florida down 70% over 2008″
This could be significant in Florida.
“Judge denies satellite voting for Indians”
Montana. Fifteen Indians from the remote Crow, Northern Cheyenne and Fort Belknap reservations argued in a lawsuit filed earlier this month that the long distances they must drive for early voting and late registration leaves them disadvantaged compared to white voters.”
“A federal judge on Tuesday denied an emergency order sought by a group of American Indians who wanted to force officials to provide satellite voting on Montana reservations, effectively putting off resolution of the issue until after Election Day.