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Jimmy Carter’s Change of Heart on Voter ID

Once upon a time, less than 10 years ago, many Democrats supported strong voter ID laws. Now they say such laws are "racist." Recently, former President Jimmy Carter told a crowd commemorating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington: "I believe we all know how Dr. King would have reacted to the new I.D. requirements to exclude certain voters, especially African-Americans." Say what? Mr. Carter co-chaired the Commission on Federal Election Reform, whose 2005 report, "Building Confidence in U.S. Elections," strongly recommended voter-ID laws and other reforms to ensure election integrity.

ACRU Staff2020-05-03T23:35:17+00:00October 15th, 2013|ACRU Commentary, Voter ID|

Lawyer Attacking Breitbart’s Widow Also Attacking North Carolina’s Voter ID

Thomas Yannucci, the same lawyer representing Shirley Sherrod in her efforts to sue online news pioneer Andrew Breitbart's widow, is the same lawyer attacking North Carolina's voter ID law.

ACRU Staff2020-05-03T23:35:17+00:00October 9th, 2013|ACRU Commentary, Voter ID|

WSJ: Eric Holder’s 2014 Racial Politics

"For Eric Holder, American racial history is frozen in the 1960s," according to a Wall Street Journal editorial. "The Supreme Court ruled in June that a section of the 1965 Voting Rights Act is no longer justified due to racial progress, but the U.S. Attorney General has launched a campaign to undo the decision state-by-state. His latest target is North Carolina, which he seems to think is run from the grave by the early version of George Wallace."

ACRU Staff2020-05-03T23:26:58+00:00October 9th, 2013|ACRU Commentary, Early Voting|

Iowa Man Guilty in Vote Fraud Case

DES MOINES -- A Dallas County man, Tehvedin Murgic, pleaded guilty to interfering or attempting to interfere with a voter while the voter was marking a ballot during a general election. A report last November by the Associated Press said Murgic was ineligible to vote because he was not a U.S. citizen, but registered and cast a ballot in the 2010 general election. A Secretary of State's Office spokesman also said Murgic is a felon, another factor that could make him ineligible to vote.

ACRU Staff2020-05-03T23:38:09+00:00October 9th, 2013|In the Courts, News, Vote Fraud, Voter ID|

Are Minorities Too Dumb to Get an ID?

Attacking North Carolina's new voter ID law as the "harshest voter suppression law in the nation," the ACLU's North Carolina chapter saluted the U.S. Justice Department for filing a lawsuit on Sept. 30 challenging the law. Like Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr., the ACLU considers minorities haplessly incompetent at the monumental task of acquiring IDs. The Justice Department's lawsuit claims that minority voters are less likely to have common photo IDs and that shortening the early voting period would also disproportionately affect minorities.

ACRU Staff2020-05-03T23:37:01+00:00October 4th, 2013|ACRU Commentary, Early Voting, Voter ID|

Holder Sues North Carolina over Voter ID Law

The Justice Department filed suit Monday to block North Carolina's new voter-ID law, with Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. accusing state Republicans of engaging in a deliberate effort to suppress black voter turnout. Mr. Holder also warned state officials across the nation not to adopt voting laws that could hurt minorities, and he said Republicans' worries about voter fraud are "not real." "The Obama Justice Department's baseless claims about North Carolina's election reform law are nothing more than an obvious attempt to quash the will of the voters and hinder a hugely popular voter ID requirement," North Carolina State Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger and House Speaker Thom Tillis, both Republicans, said.

ACRU Staff2020-05-03T23:35:17+00:00October 1st, 2013|In the Courts, News, Vote Fraud, Voter ID|

Texas AG: Obamacare Would Not Be Law Without Vote Fraud

Attorney General Greg Abbott, a Republican gubernatorial candidate, discussed voting rights, redistricting and Texas' voter ID law at a panel in Austin on Sept. 28 and made the argument that the Affordable Care Act would not have passed into law without "voter fraud." Abbott, speaking at the Texas Tribune festival, said Minnesota Senator Al Franken won his seat, which was decided by a 312-vote margin, because of voter fraud and that his subsequent vote on the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, wouldn't have been cast.

ACRU Staff2020-05-03T23:37:09+00:00September 30th, 2013|News, Redistricting, Vote Fraud, Voter ID|

No Voting Machines, No Concerns about Election Fraud in Germany

The voting process in Germany is strictly regulated to rule out any possible election fraud. Even electronic voting machines, which could malfunction, have been banned by the country's Constitutional Court. ...Before polling stations open, the volunteers will check to ensure ballot boxes are indeed empty. During the election they'll make sure that everybody has an ID with them and can show the documents every citizen receives by mail proving that they are eligible to vote.

ACRU Staff2020-05-03T23:20:39+00:00September 24th, 2013|News, Vote Fraud|

Maryland Woman Pleads Guilty to Vote Fraud

A Frederick County woman pleaded guilty to voter fraud after she was charged with signing her dead mother's name on an absentee ballot in the 2012 presidential election, the state prosecutor's office announced on Sept. 19. Elsie Virginia Schildt, 46, was sentenced to probation before judgment and ordered to perform 40 hours of community service in the first 120 days of her probation.

ACRU Staff2020-05-03T23:38:09+00:00September 24th, 2013|Absentee / Mail-in Voting, In the Courts, News, Vote Fraud, Voter ID|

For Those Who Don’t Believe in Election Fraud

"Yes, the Rizzo-Royster race turned on vote fraud," admitted the Kansas City Star's Barbara Shelly in a crow-eating column nearly three years after it would do any good. For years the Star has routinely mocked anyone who dared suggest vote fraud was a problem.... What follows is a letter from a young Democrat who observed the process up close. The letter details the various tools Democrats use to steal elections and kill would-be Democratic reformers in the womb. It is edited only for length and clarity.

ACRU Staff2020-05-03T23:20:39+00:00September 24th, 2013|ACRU Commentary, Vote Fraud|

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