Courting the Cellblock Vote

 Washington Times:

“Perhaps, but it seems more likely Mr. Holder has in mind a new survey by the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, which found that a mere one in 10 returning felons registers to vote as a Republican.

It’s not hard to see why. Democrats are notoriously soft on crime, and that’s exactly how professional criminals like it. It’s not necessarily good for the rest of society to establish a mutually beneficial relationship between criminals and Democrats.

Mr. Holder insists disenfranchisement perpetuates “the stigma and isolation imposed on formerly incarcerated individuals,” which increases their desire to commit crimes. Translation: “If they won’t let me vote, I’ll just stick up another 7-Eleven.” We’re not persuaded.

The Justice Department says that 11 states — including the electoral swing state of Florida — restrict voting rights for ex-felons. Mr. Holder sees 5.8 million undocumented Democrats to add to the voting rolls. Fortunately, he has no actual authority to force states to modify their laws.”

“Photo ID requirements for voters get OK from Missouri House committee”

A Missouri House committee approved on Wednesday measures to create one of the strictest voter photo identification requirements in the country.  The change would require unexpired Missouri-issued or federal photographic identification. Bill sponsor Rep. Tony Dugger, R-Hartville, said the opportunity for voter fraud needed to be stopped to maintain the integrity of elections in the state.  Link to story.

Times on the Speech Regulators

“Liberals back in the day liked to champion free speech and the First Amendment rights — even of those with whom they disagreed or found obnoxious.

They stood up for the rights of communists and other despised minorities. Famously, the American Civil Liberties Union even went so far as to defend the right of Nazi sympathizers marching in Skokie, Ill.

Today’s liberals or progressives are a different breed. They seem to think that the First Amendment is there to protect their speech, but that those with whom they disagree should be silenced by whatever means necessary to advance their version of the public good, and they are involved in what amounts to a national campaign to deny First Amendment rights to their opponents.

Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, has no qualms about using the power of the state to silence his political adversaries. He proudly took credit for writing to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) before the last election cycle urging that steps be taken to silence Tea Party and other advocacy groups on the right.”

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Radical nominee to Election Assistance Commission (EAC) joins in attacks on state powers to prohibit felons from voting

Brennan Center Deputy Director Myrna Perez, the radical nominee to the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) with absolutely no experience in election logistics, has now hit the air waves on C-SPAN to come to the aid of Attorney General Holder, calling on states to repeal their felon voting laws. She continues to bash the states saying the laws not allowing felons to vote are racist and only put in place specifically to stop blacks from voting. With no actual voting administration experience, we now see why President Obama has nominated her.