[EL] News21 analysis of voter fraud

[Lorraine Minnite]

I wonder if Brad could channel Madison in a dialogue with Fannie Lou Hamer.

On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 12:11 PM, Smith, Brad <BSmith at law.capital.edu>wrote:

>  In my experience, it’s the expression of ideas such as Larry’s Homily #2
> (below) by Democrats such as Larry that send Republicans rushing to sign on
> to Voter ID laws. If you wanted to make any citizen worry about vote fraud
> by the other side, it would be hard to think of a better way than hearing a
> skilled operative of the opposite party say something like “God is on the
> side of the guy with the most votes. If you control the legislature and the
> governor’s office you can do whatever you damned well please.”****
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> But Larry’s Homily seems meant to channel his inner Madison: he shares the
> Great Little Madison’s concern that “parchment barriers against the
> encroaching spirit of power” will not stop the growth of government: ****
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> “experience assures us, that the efficacy of the provision has been
> greatly overrated; and that some more adequate defense is indispensably
> necessary for the more feeble, against the more powerful, members of the
> government. The legislative department is everywhere extending the sphere
> of its activity, and drawing all power into its impetuous vortex.****
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> “… An elective despotism was not the government we fought for…****
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> “… a mere demarcation on parchment of the constitutional limits of the
> several departments, is not a sufficient guard against those encroachments
> which lead to a tyrannical concentration of all the powers of government in
> the same hands.”****
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> *From:* law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu [mailto:
> law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] *On Behalf Of *Sean Parnell
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 14, 2012 11:43 AM
> *To:* larrylevine at earthlink.net; 'David A. Schultz'; law-election at UCI.EDU
> *Subject:* Re: [EL] News21 analysis of voter fraud****
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> Alternately, while to ‘objective’ observers on the left it’s nothing more
> than an attempt to disenfranchise certain groups of voters, to this
> ‘objective’ observer it’s a reasonable effort to address a fairly minor
> concern, and hardly represents the first time elected officials and their
> ideological/partisan allies have chosen to spend a great deal of effort and
> time addressing fairly minor concerns. Choose your metaphor – gnats and
> sledgehammers, molehills and mountains, etc.****
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> Best,****
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> Sean Parnell****
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> *From:* law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu [mailto:
> law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] *On Behalf Of *Larry Levine
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 14, 2012 11:30 AM
> *To:* 'David A. Schultz'; law-election at uci.edu
> *Subject:* Re: [EL] News21 analysis of voter fraud****
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> Several homilies pop to mind regarding the Republican push for voter ID,
> which to objective observers has been nothing more than an attempt to
> disenfranchise certain groups of voters right from the start.****
>
> Homily 1 – You are entitled to your own opinion, but you are not entitled
> to your own facts.****
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> Homily 2 – God is on the side of the guy with the most votes. If you
> control the legislature and the governor’s office you can do whatever you
> damned well please and you can make up whatever facts you want to justify
> it.****
>
> Larry****
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> *From:* law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu
> [mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] *On Behalf Of *David
> A. Schultz
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 14, 2012 7:30 AM
> *To:* law-election at uci.edu
> *Subject:* [EL] News21 analysis of voter fraud****
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> Hi all
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> An interesting analysis and study on voter fraud as well as a national
> database.  Several of us on this listserv are featured in the commentary
> and story.
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> http://votingrights.news21.com/article/election-fraud/****
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