B-Man Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Justice Department to monitor special election in South Carolina Today’s the day that voters in South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District march to the polling stations and decide whether to elect the disgraced former governor or the comedian’s sister to represent them in the House of Representatives. As if that wasn’t bad enough, now visitors will be coming to town to watch them make this embarrassing choice, and I don’t mean the media: The Justice Department will monitor voting in Charleston County, South Carolina, in Tuesday’s special election to fill a House of Representatives seat, the department said on Monday. Former South Carolina Republican Governor Mark Sanford is facing Democratic newcomer Elizabeth Colbert Busch, sister of television political satirist Stephen Colbert, in the First District House race. The Justice Department said in a statement it was monitoring the election under provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The law bars election discrimination on the basis of race, color or membership in a minority language group. Wait — did the DoJ get wind of some plot to steal the election? (Given the choices, who would want to steal it?) After all, the last time the DoJ decided to sit in on an election in this district was twelve years ago. Why the sudden interest? The department did not give a reason for the monitoring. Tuesday’s vote will take place under South Carolina’s new law mandating photo identification for voters, and Justice Department monitors observed primary elections. Ah, right. Attorney General Eric Holder opposed that law, and now appears to be trolling for anecdotes for his challenge to it. Oddly enough, Holder didn’t appear too concerned about potential discriminatory conduct last November or in 2010 under then-existing law, when an African-American was on the ticket … for the Republican Party. The DoJ apparently didn’t have enough concern to monitor those elections. http://hotair.com/archives/2013/05/07/justice-department-to-monitor-special-election-in-south-carolina/ . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 I need to show my driver's license when I buy alcohol. Eric Hold-This should sue the bastages for intimidating me from buying it more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Cain Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 I live in the 1st District. Given the choices I'm surprised we'll get a 20% turnout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Justice Department to monitor special election in South Carolina Did you catch Colbert's sister on the ballot twice? She was nominated by two parties (Democrats and Working Families), so she gets two spots. Pretty clever. On the flip side, you have to be a pretty crappy candidate to lose to Mark Sanford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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