[EL] Fw: The GOP Can Not Legally Help Stop Voter Fraud

[Justin Levitt]

The consent decree exists, and there was a recent case upholding its 
validity (the RNC has a cert. petition pending 
<http://www.supremecourt.gov/Search.aspx?FileName=/docketfiles/12-373.htm>).   
But the blogger's gloss on the decree isn't what the decree says, as 
even the portions of the decree quoted in the blog post demonstrate.  
The blogger may not be joking, but neither is he accurately informed.

The Third Circuit opinion is attached, for those who wish to see for 
themselves.

Justin


On 11/13/2012 5:41 PM, Jon Roland wrote:
> Network Email Any confirmation of this?
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>       The GOP Can Not Legally Help Stop Voter Fraud, No Joke
>       <http://americac2c.com/profiles/blogs/the-gop-can-not-legally-help-stop-voter-fraud-no-joke?xg_source=msg_mes_network>
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> Reposted from gulag bound: 
> <http://gulagbound.com/36046/no-joke-the-gop-can-not-legally-help-stop-vote-fraud/#.UKLW46Vj6-J>
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> My good friend Alan Vera of True the Vote told me long ago that we 
> have a two party system: the Corrupt Party and the Stupid Party.  To 
> that fact, during the weekly True the Vote webcast, Catherine 
> Engelbrecht related a meeting she had with RNC Chairman Reince 
> Priebus, asking what the GOP would do about voter integrity. The answer?
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> Nothing.  They aren't legally able to.  (I'm not joking.)
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> As part of a lawsuit settlement with the Democrat Party 
> <http://judicialview.com/Court-Cases/Civil-Procedure/Democratic-National-Committee-v-Republican-National-Committee/10/201975>, 
> the Gutless Old Party*/ agreed to not engage in any voter protection 
> initiatives./* Two of the clauses read this way:
>
>     (e) refrain from undertaking any ballot security activities in
>     polling places or election districts where the racial or ethnic
>     composition of such districts is a factor in the decision to
>     conduct, or the actual conduct of, such activities there and where
>     a purpose or significant effect of such activities is to deter
>     qualified voters from voting; and the conduct of such activities
>     disproportionately in or directed toward districts that have a
>     substantial proportion of racial or ethnic populations shall be
>     considered relevant evidence of the existence of such a factor and
>     purpose;
>
>     (f) refrain from having private personnel deputized as law
>     enforcement personnel in connection with ballot security activities.
>
> ACORN Whistleblower Anita Moncrief added that when she spoke at the 
> Republican National Convention, she had to submit her speech to make 
> sure */nothing she said could be construed as violating the order not 
> to assist voter integrity./*
>
> I now think the characterization "the Stupid Party" may be too kind.
>
> Engelbrecht said to add insult to injury, the judge who signed the 
> agreement has long since retired, but every single year comes back for 
> the sole purpose of renewing the order for another year.
>
> Moncrief pointed out during her comments [in the conference] that in 
> visiting the Democrat advocacy groups in Ohio, they were organized, 
> motivated and purposeful in getting out their vote as was witnessed by 
> the long line of Somali and Ethiopian voters bussed in to polling 
> places.  When she visited the Romney campaign offices, she said there 
> was utter confusion, many were just sitting around waxing about how 
> the couldn't wait to "Free Willy."  (ORCA was the name of the failed 
> computer program the Romney campaign tried to use to "micro-target" 
> volunteers to get out the vote where it was needed.)
>
> It was down */all day,/* and finally late in the day people were sent 
> out with printed registration cards to go find people to vote.
>
> Wasn't I told by all the non-TEA Party Republicans that Romney was the 
> best chance we had because he ran such great businesses and had the 
> money to compete with Obama?   Just asking.
>
> Moncrief said one other thing of interest.  When she visited random 
> Ohio polling places, there was almost */never/* a GOP poll watcher and 
> */always/* a Democratic one.
>
> We wondered why the RNC wasn't screaming bloody murder over the 
> evidence of voting fraud?  Of course, the RNC petitioned to get it 
> changed this year but the Obama appointee 
> <http://www.afj.org/judicial-selection/nominees/joseph-a-greenway.html> denied 
> it. Surprise, surprise.
>
> Now you know.
>
> And while True the Vote 
> <http://www.politijim.com/2012/11/www.truethevote.org> has done 
> amazing things in bringing awareness to the issue of voter integrity, 
> it is clear from the comments made tonight that they are just 
> resigning themselves to the lost election and enormity of the 
> Democratic advantage.
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>       <http://americac2c.com/profiles/blogs/the-gop-can-not-legally-help-stop-voter-fraud-no-joke?xg_source=msg_mes_network>
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Justin Levitt
Associate Professor of Law
Loyola Law School | Los Angeles
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