ACLU Fights Sunshine in Wisconsin Recall
When should names on public rolls be kept secret? Judging by the ACLU's double standard, secrecy is warranted if exposure might reveal vote fraud.
Judge Says Virginia Ballot Rules Are Unconstitutional, but Rules against GOP Candidates Anyway
A federal judge declared that Virginia's rules keeping Perry, Gingrich, and Santorum off Virginia's presidential primary ballot 'will likely be declared unconstitutional.'
The Left’s War on Vote Fraud Reform
Pretty soon, the right to cast a meaningful vote might be just a memory. The issue at hand is ensuring that American citizens can exercise the most fundamental civil right of being an American.
Oakland County (MI) Democrat Official Sentenced Over Fake Tea Party Candidates
A former Oakland County (MI) Democratic party operative was sentenced to one year probation and ordered to pay more than $2,500 in fines and court costs for his role in creating "fake" tea party candidates in the 2010 election, in an effort to siphon off support for legitimate Republican candidates.
Texas Case Suggests Court May Overhaul Voting Rights
Former U.S. Solicitor General Clement told U.S. Supreme Court justices that lower federal courts cannot redraw state-approved election district maps unless they can point to concrete "identifying specific statutory or constitutional violations."
The Other Voting Right: Protecting Every Citizen’s Vote by Safeguarding the Integrity of the Ballot Box
This essay about voting rights by ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell and ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published in the Yale Law & Policy Review.
Voter ID Terrifies Democrats
The most consequential election in our lifetime is still 10 months away, but it's clear from the Obama administration's order halting South Carolina's new photo ID law that the Democrats already have brought a gun to a knife fight. How else to describe this naked assault on the right of a state to create minimal requirements to curb vote fraud?
Playing the Race Card before Election Day
Is it racist to require people to show a photo ID when they vote? You need a photo ID for nearly any meaningful transaction, such as cashing checks, including government checks. If this simple requirement "suppresses" the vote, maybe we need to ask why it's such a great idea to push for universal suffrage for every adult who is merely breathing. Of course, even this latter requirement would suppress the vote in Chicago and New Orleans, where dead people get to vote all the time - and do so cheerfully.
Election Message: Get Involved or Get Left Out
Tuesday's off-year elections revealed a truth well known in sports that also applies to politics: The side that's more energized wins. In Virginia, an energized Republican Party apparently gained a tie in the Senate, giving the GOP control of all three branches - governor, House and Senate - for the first time since Reconstruction. A recount could reverse it, but right now, Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling's Senate vote would be the 20-20 tie breaker. This was no small feat, given the gerrymandering by the last Democratic majority.
Mississippi NAACP Leader Sent to Prison for 10 Counts of Voter Fraud
While NAACP President Benjamin Jealous lashed out at new state laws requiring photo ID for voting, an NAACP executive sits in prison, sentenced for carrying out a massive voter fraud scheme.