Manchester Union Leader: Voter ID hyperbole

A portion of the editorial:

It has been called “voter suppression.” Democratic state Rep. Christopher Serlin of Portsmouth tweeted last week that asking for a picture ID at the polls was the same as torturing and killing children. “#nhhouse debating SB129 VoterID While 13 yr olds in #Syria are tortured/killed demonstrating vs tyranny #NHGOP busy implementing same @ home,” he wrote.

DOJ seeks more information from Noxubee County

The Department of Justice has sent Noxubee County (MS) a letter seeking more information about a redistricting submission for the county.  This may mean that the DOJ is considering changing longstanding Section 5 review procedures to protect all minorities, or, may represent another PR or damage control effort to feign interest in all minorities while doing nothing about it – as the failed effort to extend the remedy in Noxubee County was.

ACORN successors defunded by House

From WND.com.

The House voted 231-188 to bar existing ACORN affiliates and its renamed successor groups from receiving funding under the $42.3 billion Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill for fiscal 2012 (H.R. 2017).



U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, warned this week of the continuing danger that election fraud-prone ACORN poses to American democracy, and the House subsequently voted to cut off federal funding to the still-functioning group.


“ACORN is a corrupt criminal enterprise that threatens our democratic system of government by systematically committing voter registration fraud,” said King, a longtime ACORN critic. “American taxpayers should not be asked to fund an organization that is dedicated to corrupting the sanctity of every American’s vote.”