Presser here.  Noxubee County was included.  I’m sure there was a line of volunteers on that coverage.  Will investigate and report.

Jacksonville News.  “Defenders of Gov. Bev Perdue’s veto claim that incidents of voter fraud in North Carolina are relatively rare and the legislation is unneeded, but what they’re really saying is that incidents of voter fraud that have been uncovered are relatively rare. How many dead voters, voters who no longer live in this state or are otherwise ineligible, have cast ballots in Tar Heel elections?

Without some type of safeguards on the voting system, how will anyone ever know?”

With so much in the pot, will South Carolina yank Voter ID from DOJ as Florida did with another NAACP target last week and go straight to Federal District Court?

Charleston Post and Courier: “As Mr. Hicks phrased it, the NAACP is betting the farm that the U.S. Department of Justice will see photo ID for the violation of voting rights that it is and not approve the law.”

Under Section 5 in Ouachita Parish (LA).

The Chattanoogan.

“In 2004 the NAACP National Voter Fund registered a dead man in Lake County, Ohio, while in nearby Cleveland, 48 of the voter registration cards brought in by the NAACP were fraudulent.”

WITN.com:
A longtime Jacksonville city councilman who has made headlines before is back in the spotlight again. Jerome Willingham was in and out of jail for a child support issue. He’s filed a lawsuit against Jacksonville police in the 1990s, claiming racial discrimination which was settled. The 10-year councilman is now accused of possible voter fraud.

The Attorney General’s office says Jerome Willingham is being investigated to see if he illegally registered to vote in two places- in Jacksonville where he is a city councilman and in Maryland where Willingham says he works for Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

AJC analyzes a draft map from source and provides some tidbits for a special session that starts August 15:

In the 12th District, U.S. Rep. John Barrow, the last white Democrat from the Deep South, would be pushed out of his residence in Savannah. Previously, Republicans targeted him by forcing Barrow to move from his original base in Athens. Under this map, Augusta would become Barrow’s third home. If he survives a 2012 vote

In the 2nd District, U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop, D-Albany, would be strengthened by moving into the Bibb County area – a Democratic-leaning region might have served as a base for a challenge to Austin Scott.

U.S. Rep. John Lewis’s 5th District would be pushed deep into DeKalb County, nearly to Dunwoody, and U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson’s 4th District, which has been dominated by DeKalb, would move further east into Rockdale and Newton counties, whose African-American populations have exploded.

The article continues: “One Capitol voice we talked to, who is familiar with the map and is close to the redistricting process, said it largely reflects current thought among Republicans — especially when it comes to south Georgia. But expect some tweaking, especially in metro Atlanta. As drawn, the lines for the 7th District, now occupied by Republican Rob Woodall, wouldn’t hold up over 10 years. Population shifts would nearly guarantee that the district would wind up in Democratic hands by 2021.”

Florida Secretary of State Kurt Browning says:

“The purpose of filing in the federal district court is to ensure that the changes to Florida’s election law are judged on their merits by eliminating the risk of a ruling impacted by outside influence,” said Secretary Browning. “Since the passage of HB 1355, we have seen misinformation surrounding the bill increase. By asking a court to rule on certain aspects of the bill, we are assured of a neutral evaluation based on the facts.”

Judged on the merits, ruling based on outside influence, misinformation, neutral evaluation.  More on this topic here and here and here.

The State of Florida yanks their submission to DOJ involving election law changes.  The submission was covered here at Pajamas.  Florida didn’t like what they were hearing from DOJ and are now going to fight in USDC in District of Columbia.  Bad news for the civil rights groups.

Matthew Vadum at The Daily Caller reports on the voter fraud conviction of NAACP official Lessadolla Sowers.

“In a story ignored by the national media, in April a Tunica County, Miss., jury convicted NAACP official Lessadolla Sowers on 10 counts of fraudulently casting absentee ballots. Sowers is identified on an NAACP website as a member of the Tunica County NAACP Executive Committee.”

ELC.com has more information in an April posting here.  Vadum reports the most troubling part of Lessadolla Sowers’ behavior:

“She was also convicted of voting in the names of four dead persons: James L. Young, Dora Price, Dorothy Harris, and David Ross.”