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Welcome to the Holtzman Vogel Law Blog. We aim to keep you
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Saturday, April 24, 2010
John Fund in WSJ: Wisconsin and the Voter Fraud Agenda
John Fund has this op-ed in the Wall Street Journal: "An attempt to hijack the state's election laws and open the door for voter fraud failed at the last minute this week in Wisconsin's legislature. But threats to ballot integrity continue in other states, and Congress may rush to pass ill-conceived legislation this year that would only sow confusion and increase the potential for chaos on a national level....Sadly, it looks as if Congress could follow Wisconsin's example instead. The Milwaukee Police Department's report on the 2004 election concluded 'the one thing that could eliminate a large percentage of the fraud' would be to end same-day registration. Today, eight other states have some form of Election Day voter registration: Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, North Carolina and Wyoming. Montana began Election Day voter registration in 2006, North Carolina in 2007, and Iowa in 2008. But Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold, a Democrat, has introduced federal legislation to mandate same-day registration in every state, claiming the system has worked well in his state. Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York is readying a bill to override the election laws of all 50 states and require universal voter registration—which would automatically register anyone on key government lists. This is a move guaranteed to create duplicate registrations, register some illegal aliens, and sow confusion."
Monday, January 11, 2010
Wash. Times Editorial on Universal Registration
The Washington Times has this editorial ("Letting crooks & illegals vote") on universal registration proposals. According to the Times editors, "Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, and Rep. Barney Frank, Massachusetts Democrat, have plans to ram through legislation that will produce universal voter registration. No matter what they claim, the rule changes will make it possible for illegal aliens to register to vote and for others to register multiple times."
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Las Vegas Sun: Ex-ACORN official gets probation for voter registration plan
The Las Vegas Sun reports "A former field director for the political advocacy organization ACORN was sentenced today in district court to up to three years of probation.
Christopher Edwards, who in August pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit a crime of compensation for registration of voters, a gross misdemeanor, received a suspended jail sentence and a $500 fine. He has agreed to testify against ACORN and one of its former regional directors, Amy Busefink.
The Nevada attorney general’s office has accused ACORN and Busefink of operating an illegal bonus system. Tying money to or setting quotas for collecting voter registration cards is illegal under Nevada law."
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Friday, October 23, 2009
Chris Berg for RNLA: Clever and Contemptuous: A Review of ACORN’s Targeted Voter Registration Drives
Chris Berg has written this article for the RNLA's magazine.
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Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Ken Blackwell Supports Voter Registration Modernization Proposal
Ken Blackwell has this op-ed in the Washington Times. He comes out in favor of the Bauer/Elias/Potter proposal on "voter registration modernization," under which the government would undertake to automatically register all eligible voters.
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Friday, September 18, 2009
WSJ: Acorn May Cut Voter-Registration Work
The Wall Street Journal reports "Community-organizing group Acorn said Thursday it was considering quitting its voter-registration work amid a growing political storm over its activities, a move that could hurt Democrats at the polls. In the latest rebuke, the House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Thursday to block the group from receiving federal funds."
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Tuesday, September 01, 2009
"Universal Voter Registration" Proposal Sold to Republicans as Way to Curb ACORN
Senator McCain's longtime counsel, Trevor Potter, has joined with Democrat election lawyer Marc Elias (and previously Bob Bauer) to promote a universal voter registration plan, in which the government would bear the responsibility of registering people to vote. Universal voter registration has long been on the wish list of left/liberal groups. Interestingly, the proposal is apparently being packaged for Republican consumption as a way to curb the voter registration efforts of ACORN.
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Monday, August 31, 2009
New Voter Registration Rules In Virginia
The Roanoke Times reports, "The Virginia State Board of Elections on Saturday approved new voter residency rules that will allow college students to register at their campus addresses and clarify criteria for determining a voter's eligibility to register in a particular locality."
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Thursday, July 23, 2009
Wash. Times: ACORN files lawsuit on voter registration; Pa. law prohibits pay based on quantity
The Washington Times reports ACORN is challenging Pennsylvania's law that prohibits paying employees based on the number of voter registrations secured. From the Times: "The liberal activist organization ACORN filed a lawsuit Wednesday that aims to strike down a Pennsylvania law that authorities are currently using to prosecute several of the group's former employees on charges related to voter-registration fraud. The suit, filed in federal court in Pennsylvania, seeks to have a state law known as solicitation of registration declared unconstitutional. The law makes it illegal to pay an employee for soliciting voter registrations based on the number of registrations the employee obtains."
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