Honest Voting

Taking a closer look at the story in Alabama — the New York Times says most of what I’d say here:

The accusations have larger national implications at a moment when many Republican officials around the country have cited rampant voter fraud as a justification for stricter identification requirements at the polls, a move that Democrats have said is really designed to dampen the turnout among Democratic voters. Specific examples of fraud, though, are quite unusual.

The Times’ article, by Adam Nossiter, notes without comment that the party affiliation of most of the voting-fraud accusers is Republican. Nossiter contacted a group called the Democracy Defense League, which bills itself as a nonpartisan, biracial group focused on stamping out voter fraud. The group, founded in 2005, may or may not be a genuine grassroots group. Its members have been interviewed in the Selma Times Journal on the subject — unfortunately, the newspaper’s articles age off the website, or I’d link directly.

No doubts about Stop Voter Fraud Now, though — that’s some shiny green astroturf there.

Still thinking about Alabama’s situation; more to come.

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