Keep Yer Vote Thievin' Hans Off the Federal Election Commission: Action Alert!

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Tuesday May 29, 2007 · 8:07 AM PDT

2007/05/29 · 08:07

It's time, Kossacks, to take down the chief architect of the GOP voter suppression movement, Hans von Spakovsky, and it can't be done without your help. Von Spakovsky, as many of you know, reached the apex of his career when he masterminded the Justice Department preclearance of the DeLay Texas redistricting. Some also know that he began his career as a vote thief even before he masterminded the 2000 Florida "felon" purge and worked the recount on behalf of Bush-Cheney. Von Spakovsky was also instrumental in securing Justice Department approval for the Georgia and Arizona photo ID laws that disenfranchised minorities, the poor, and the elderly.

Hans von Spakovsky is up for confirmation June 13 as a member of the Federal Election Commission.

He must be stopped.

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Sunday May 06, 2007 · 5:48 PM PDT

2007/05/06 · 17:48

As McClatchy's Greg Gordon and Margaret Talev are reporting, the House and Senate Judiciary Committees are set to open investigations into hiring practices in the Voting Section of the U.S. Department of Justice, and in particular, into Bradley Schlozman's role in politicizing voting rights enforcement:

A congressional aide, who requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter, said that the House and Senate Judiciary Committees want to look beyond [Monica] Goodling to see whether other department officials may have skewed recruiting and hiring to favor Republican applicants. Investigators have heard allegations that Schlozman showed a political bias in hiring and hope the department will permit him to be interviewed voluntarily, the aide said.

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