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O’Keefe Busts Illegal Scheme to ‘Turn Texas Blue’

SAN ANTONIO, Texas--In an apparent violation of state law, Battleground Texas officials are exploiting legally protected information to turn voters out to the polls as part of the Democratic party's quest to paint the Lone Star State blue, a new undercover video from James O'Keefe reveals. The footage shows Battleground Texas volunteer Jennifer Longoria saying the group uses the phone numbers from voter registration forms in later efforts to boost turnout on election day. Texas Election Code prohibits the use of, or even the copying of, phone numbers provided by individuals registering to vote.

ACRU Staff2020-05-03T23:38:07+00:00February 19th, 2014|ACRU Commentary, Resources, Videos, Voter ID|

Why Dems Are Willing to Flout Election Laws in Texas

National Democrats and liberal activists are taking enormous legal and political risks with the lawless activities in Texas caught on the Project Veritas tapes. But they see Texas as such a strategic prize that they believe it's worth that risk, and that victory must be achieved at any cost. When registering voters, Texas law makes it illegal for a volunteer registrar to "transcribe, copy, or otherwise record a telephone number furnished on a registration application." It specifically provides that you cannot copy the name, address, or phone number. Yet the latest video James O'Keefe has made public, focused primarily on a woman named Jennifer Longoria who is designated as Field Organizer for Battleground Texas, shows them openly saying that when they register voters they copy the phone number into their database, so that they can call those people at a later date.

ACRU Staff2020-05-03T23:38:07+00:00February 19th, 2014|News, Voter ID|

Justice Dept. Lawyer in Court to Oppose Kansas Citizenship Rule

Justice Department lawyer Bradley Heard was in court on Feb. 12 trying to stop Kansas from ensuring that only citizens register to vote. Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, relying on a United States Supreme Court opinion of last year, asked the federal Election Assistance Commission to permit him to ensure that only citizens were registering to vote. The Election Assistance Commission said no, so Mr. Kobach went to federal court. Enter Eric Holder's Justice Department, as usual, opposing election integrity measures. Despite harping about resource concerns (which apparently means that the DOJ can do nothing about corrupted voter rolls), Holder found the time and money to send Bradley Heard to a hearing in Kansas to argue against Kobach's election integrity measures.

ACRU Staff2020-05-03T23:38:08+00:00February 13th, 2014|News, Proof of Citizenship, Voter ID|

The ‘Voting Rights’ Partisan Power Play

In reaction to the U.S. Supreme Court's Shelby County v. Holder decision last June, Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R., Wis.) and Sen. Patrick Leahy (D., Vt.) have introduced the Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2014. The stated purpose is to prevent racial discrimination. But what it would really do is force racial gerrymandering, make race the predominant factor in the election process, and advance the partisan interests of one political party.

ACRU Staff2020-05-03T23:38:08+00:00February 11th, 2014|News, Redistricting, Voter ID|

NAACP March against Voter Photo ID Requires Marchers to have Photo IDs

North Carolinians marching to protest voter-ID laws had to present a valid photo ID to participate in an NAACP-hosted protest against voter-ID laws in Raleigh on Feb. 8. The central claim among the protesters is that the voter-ID laws disenfranchise certain segments of the voting population, particularly minority voters and poor voters. According to official NAACP flyers passed out at the rally, protesters had to carry the precise kind of ID that they would be expected to present at the voting booth.

ACRU Staff2020-05-03T23:35:35+00:00February 10th, 2014|News, Voter ID|

Eight Reasons for Halting Early Voting

President Obama's commission on election administration recently issued a final report containing some terrible recommendations. The worst idea in the report is a call for states to expand early voting. Some states already open polls weeks in advance of Election Day. In Wyoming, polls open in September, even before the end of Major League Baseball's regular season. Mr. Obama's federal commission wants American elections to start earlier and last longer. Here's eight reasons why the early-voting fad is a bad idea. First, early voting produces less-informed voters. After they cast an early ballot, they check out of the national debate. They won't care about the televised debates, won't consider options, and won't fully participate in the political process.

ACRU Staff2020-05-03T23:38:08+00:00February 9th, 2014|ACRU Commentary, Early Voting, Voter ID|

Senate Showdown over Civil Rights Nominee

The next major confirmation battle will be over Debo Adegbile, President Barack Obama's choice to head the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department, according to sources in the U.S. Senate. The pending showdown over Adegbile -- onetime child star on TV's "Sesame Street" and former acting president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund -- is nothing short of high-stakes political poker. To the left, the choice of Adegbile, 46, is an unmistakable signal from the president and Attorney General Eric Holder that the administration is going to fight states over imposing voter identification laws which they are convinced disenfranchises minorities. Now senior counsel to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, Adegbile is considered a reliable leader in the fight over voter I.D. laws that are sure to emerge from state capitals in 2014. In addition, as head of the Legal Defense Fund, Adegbile defended the constitutionality of the 1965 Voting Rights Act before the Supreme Court.

ACRU Staff2020-05-03T23:37:09+00:00February 5th, 2014|ACRU Commentary, Voter ID|

ACRU Sues Texas County over Corrupt Voter Rolls

SANDERSON, TX (Jan. 28, 2014) – The has filed suit [...]

ACRU Staff2020-05-03T23:39:00+00:00January 28th, 2014|ACRU Litigation News, In the Courts, Press Releases, Voter ID, Voter Roll Maintenance|

ACRU’s Complaint against Terrell County, Texas

SANDERSON, TX (Jan. 28, 2014) – The (ACRU) has sued [...]

ACRU Staff2020-05-03T23:38:08+00:00January 28th, 2014|ACRU Complaints, In the Courts, Voter ID|

Conservative Super PAC Formed to Defend Voter ID, Election Reforms

With voter-ID laws and other reforms taking center stage, a conservative group said Wednesday it is launching a new super PAC to fund state secretary of state candidates willing to go toe-to-toe with Democrats and defend more rigorous voter roll rules and stiffer election requirements.

ACRU Staff2020-05-03T23:35:16+00:00January 23rd, 2014|News, Voter ID|

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