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DOJ Vet: Plan For Panther Hearings Shows Key Voting-Rights Panel Is "Kind Of A Joke"
Democrats and civil-rights advocates are slamming conservative members of a key federal voting-rights panel for a plan to hold hearings on the controversial "New Black Panthers" voter intimidation case.
At Last! Local NY Race Turns Up Some Real (Alleged) Vote Fraud
Court filings in Rensselaer County, New York allege that numerous Democratic officials committed voter fraud in a third-party primary by forging voters' signatures on absentee ballots.
Spakovsky Likely Headed Back To Voting Rights Agency, In Volunteer Post
The US Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) is scheduled to vote tomorrow on the nomination of Republican voter-suppression guru Hans Von Spakovsky to a state-level body that advises the commission. Lenore Ostrowsky, a spokeswoman for the USCCR -- whose mission...
"The Commission Has Been Road-Blocked": Republicans' War On The FEC
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/politics/Republicans_Refuse_to_Enforce_Federal_Election_Laws'; Last fall, James Ross, a New York City resident and a donor to several Democratic organizations, received an unusual letter. "Your name has been put in our database," Ross was told. "We are monitoring all reports...
Spakovsky Finds More DOJ Politicization: Brazile Speech On .... Women's Achievements!
One the one hand: Firing US attorneys because they won't bring politically motivated prosecutions. On the other: inviting Donna Brazile to speak at a "Women's History Month" event. Pretty much the same thing, right? That's what voter suppression guru and...
Texas Republicans Pushing Voter Suppression Law
We don't usually write about state-level legislative wrangling, but in this case, we think you'll agree that there's good reason. Before the election, we wrote a lot about the Republican effort to make it harder for poor and minority voters...
The Big Stone Wall: Nine Bush-Era Officials Refused To Cooperate With DOJ Probes
At least nine Bush administration officials refused to cooperate with various Justice Department investigations during the final days of the Bush presidency, according to public records and interviews with federal law enforcement officials and many of the officials and their...
Von Spakovsky and Co. Urge DOJ To Keep Probing Voter Fraud
Five ex-DOJ officials have written to Attorney General Michael Mukasey, urging him to keep investigating whether ACORN committed voter fraud in its registration efforts, Roll Call reports. The group, led by leading voting-rights foe Hans Von Spakovsky, wrote: "We hope...
Von Spakovsky: 1982 Feels Just Like Yesterday
Rick Hasen over at Election Law Blog has a great find from a recent FOX News opinion piece written by legendary voter suppression guru Hans von Spakovsky: One doesn't have to look far to find instances of fraudulent ballots cast...
Obama Camp Responds to Spakovsky's Hiring at Civil Rights Commission
The Obama camp has issued a statement calling the hiring of voter suppression guru Hans von Spakovsky at the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, which we first reported yesterday, "unbelievable." From Obama spokesman Michael Ortiz: "Given Hans Von Spakovsky's controversial...
He's Baaaack: Civil Rights Commission Hires Spakovsky to Work on Voting Rights
It looks like Hans von Spakovsky, an old TPM favorite, is back in business. The former Justice Department official, whose nomination to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) was thwarted when Democrats objected to his long record of support for restrictions...
Spakovsky Subpoenaed in Civil Rights Department Probe
Lifting the veil on one of the two remaining Justice Department OIG reports, Murray Waas for the Huffington Post reports that Hans von Spakovsky, among other former Justice Department lawyers, has been subpoenaed by the OIG to testify about politicization...
Ellison Slams von Spakovsky Over Disenfranchised Nuns and U.S. Attorneys
It's been a slow burn at the hearing on the 2004 elections at the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. With two separate panels, Hans von Spakovsky didn't get around to testifying until 5:00 PM...
Hans von Spakovsky and Ken Blackwell Set to Testify Tomorrow
The thorn in the FEC's side, Hans von Spakovsky, will be testifying tomorrow in front of the House Judiciary Committee on the 2004 Elections. And who will be joining him? None other than Ohio's controversial former Secretary of State Kenneth...
Hans Says a Final Farewell
Given our love affair with Hans A. Von Spakovsky, I can't let his op-ed in today's Wall Street Journal go unnoted. Titled "Anatomy of a Beltway Smear Campaign," it is his embittered reaction to being forced, finally, to withdraw his...
Breaking: Spakovsky Withdraws as FEC Nominee
After a five-month standoff, Hans von Spakovsky has withdrawn his name as a nominee to the FEC. The move likely clears the way for the deadlock over the FEC to be resolved. You can read his resignation here. "It is...
Reid to Bush: Drop Hans or Let Us Drop Him
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) responded to President Bush's uncompromising compromise from last week today with the obvious response. From Roll Call (sub. req.): Senate Democrats have made their next move in the ongoing stalemate involving Federal Election Commission...
McConnell Spikes White House FEC Compromise
Well, that was quick. As I noted yesterday, the White House offered a "compromise" to the FEC deadlock -- except that they refused to withdraw the centerpiece of the conflict, Hans von Spakovsky. Oh, and the offer also included replacing...
Today's Must Read
Nobody does compromise quite like the Bush administration. If you're a regular reader of TPM, you're familiar with Hans von Spakovsky and in particular, Spakovsky's remarkable track record at the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division. It is because of that...
Reid Offers Deal on FEC Deadlock
From Roll Call (sub. req.): Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) shipped to the White House on Tuesday a compromise plan on Federal Election Commission nominees, a deal that is likely dead on arrival because it does not meet GOP...
