Who has the Bush administration hired to make sure our voting rights aren't violated on Election Day?
Meet Hans Von Spakovsky, a key player in the right-wing vote-suppression agenda.
When he was supposed to be ensuring the voting rights of minorities as a member of the voting rights section at the Justice Department, Spakovsky instead used his position to promote voter ID laws. When Republican officials were accused of discriminating against Native American voters, he allegedly hindered the investigation. When it came time to interpret the Help America Vote Act, he opted for a policy that would "keep eligible citizens off the voting rolls for typos and other mistakes by election officials."
Oh yeah, and he's also a key figure in the congressional investigation of hiring and firing government attorneys on the basis of political affiliation.
President Bush and Spakovsky recently gave up their fight to win a seat for him on the Federal Election Commission. Now the administration's Commission on Civil Rights has found a spot for him. His job duties: Determining if election "irregularities" violate our civil rights.
When it comes to finding a fox to guard the henhouse, nobody does it quite like the Bush administration. And with the conventions and candidates stealing most of the spotlight these days, things could get worse.
Can we get this guy fired before he does any more harm? I honestly don't know. But we can sure as hell try, and at least let them know we're watching. Click here.