Secretary of State Ross Miller said Tuesday the cost of his proposal to include photos of voters in election poll books used at polling places to prevent fraud is $787,200, far less than originally estimated. ...
Surprise headline of the day. ...
A number of stories here and here out of Virginia describing how a number of black legislators would benefit from newly redistricted lines and may vote for the legislation. Dels. Onzlee Ware (Roanoke) and Rosalyn R. Dance (Petersburg) told The Wash...
Indexed to inflation and effective for the 2014 cycle. Individual donors can now contribute up to $2,600 to a candidate in both the primary and general elections — $5,200 total — and $32,400 per calendar year to national party committees. The total...
The Judicial Watch FOIA's today of communications between Morris Dees and DOJ reveal something rather tacky - the SPLC forwarding a note sent privately from former DOJ Assistant Attorney General (during the Reagan administration) Brad Reynolds.Judy B...
PJ Media Rule of Law. ...
Judicial Watch has FOIA'ed the Justice Department to find that the notorious race baiting, donor devouring and mansion dwelling Morris Dees was wined and dined by the Civil Rights Division in Washington D.C. The emails are revealing.Attorney Barry Ko...
Counting illegal aliens and non-citizens for redistricting purposes moves toward the Supreme Court. The practice has partisan consequences. Democrat political power is subsidized by counting illegal aliens and non-citizens for redistricti...
Missouri lawmakers are taking another stab at requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls. The House Elections Committee heard testimony Tuesday on a proposed amendment to the Missouri Constitution that would allow for a photo I...
The author believes high tech IDs could be the answer. Yes, the technology is there but the political will to put partisan talking points aside is not. ...
Link. No mention of political persuasion like the headline below. Roxanne Rubin, Nevada Republican, accepts plea deal after committing voter fraud We must assume the women identified in the story are Democrats. Otherwise, the media would have pla...
Many of the "elite" law schools produce legions of lawyers who seem to be able to do everything, except practice law. They can change the world but they can't draft a motion.Washington and Lee in Virginia has established a 3L curriculum designed to s...
Along with Jack Park, I'll be speaking on a panel at the University of Alabama School of Law. The event is sponsored by the Federalist Society. We will discuss the Shelby case and Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. I'll have a couple copies of my b...
Freemont County Ranger. ...
The Huffington Post gives rare coverage to voter fraud, find out why. Most all voter fraud is ignored by the Huff Post and like minded sources of election information, some is not. ...
There is some chance that the new Virginia Senate district created by Senate Republicans on a 20-19 vote is unconstitiuonal. First of all, the argument that the district was necessary to avoid a Section 2 lawsuit sounds questionable. For starter...
Details at Tidewater.com: The new redistricting plan approved by senators features the first new majority-minority district in the Virginia Senate since 1991. District 25 stretches from Danville to Franklin and includes Southampton and Isle of Wigh...
At Kentucky.com, House Speaker Greg Stumbo has asked state House members to propose new boundaries for their legislative districts by next Friday, disregarding a request by Gov. Steve Beshear to delay redistricting until later this year. ...Stumbo s...
The Alabama Democratic Party has lurched from one defeat to another over the past three years, and faces some new and formidable obstacles in the 2014 statewide elections, not least of which are mostly unfavorable new legislative districts. Link to s...
Link to the story. Aversion to photographs and common sense in North Carolina. Excerpt below: The legislature seems poised to once again pass a voter identification bill, legislation that has sharpened partisan lines and sparked heated debate regar...
Representative Liz Bangerter (R-Helena) says the bill (HB30) will ease the workload for election administrators on Election Day. The last few Presidential elections in Montana have seen voters standing in line for hours at polling p...