Not just any sheriff, but Sheriff Joe Arpaio. It seems he and his people are not crooks after all, just as they'd said all along, though the Justice Department waited until 5 pm on the Friday of a holiday weekend to say so. Incidentally, Sheriff Joe is currently running for re-election.
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Another article mentioned that the Sheriff learned of the investigation's closure while in attendance at the RNC. If correct, this is a very good indicator of R&R's intentions.
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Might be a peace offering because of the AZ Fed office ties to Fast and Furious. You don't need to be a weatherman to see which way the wind is blowing.
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Time to go through the DOJ, IRS, and DOS, among many others, to remove the cancers that have settled in. I'd suggest right after President Romney gets inaugurated.
Posted by: Frank G ||
09/01/2012 12:06 Comments ||
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I just don't know how the DOJ couldn't have found something wrong here. Sheriff Arpaio has been brazenly attempting to enforce the law for years now.
Posted by: Matt ||
09/01/2012 13:38 Comments ||
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Snark of the day award to Matt.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia ||
09/01/2012 13:58 Comments ||
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Maybe even Snark of the month...beautiful
Posted by: Bill Clinton ||
09/01/2012 15:34 Comments ||
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Posted by: Barbara ||
09/01/2012 21:13 Comments ||
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Romney's first day in office, he needs to demand the resignation of EVERY attorney in the DOJ (which he can do, since they're political appointees).
They can reapply - if they want.
He can re-hire - if he wants. (And that needs to be a BIG if in many cases.)
Posted by: Barbara ||
09/01/2012 21:16 Comments ||
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(CNN) In the midst of a heated national debate over voter identification laws nationwide, the Justice Department approved Monday of Virginia's new voter identification law.
Virginia's new law requires voters to present a valid form of identification at the polls. Otherwise, voters can cast a provisional ballot and later present an ID within a few days following Election Day for their vote to count.
The law also expands the types of identification acceptable to vote, some of which do not require a photo of the voter.
Under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, Virginia's law had to be precleared by the Justice Department before taking effect.
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I've lived in Virginia for almost four years. It seems to me that I have always been asked to present photo ID when voting. (Maybe not in 2008 - that was a long time ago :) )
I always show my military-retired ID.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia ||
09/01/2012 13:57 Comments ||
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[LA Times] A federal judge has ordered the battleground state of Ohio to open its polling places on the weekend and Monday prior to the Nov. 6 election, restoring the voting rules that were in effect in 2008, when more than 93,000 early ballots were cast.
The decision is a significant victory for the Obama campaign, which hopes for another large turnout in a state that is seen as crucial to both Republicans and Democrats.
Obama's lawyers had sued Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted after he eliminated early voting on the weekends, including the three days before Election Day. A former Republican politician and Ohio House speaker, Husted said he wanted voting rules that were "uniform" across all 88 counties.
But Husted had also said polling places will be open on the weekends for military voters and their families, subject to a "future directive" from the state.
Obama's lawyers argued that all voters deserved equal treatment and that the polling places should be open on the crucial weekend, particularly since the turnout was heavy on the weekend during the last presidential race.
Judge Peter Economus agreed on Friday, and he cited as a legal precedent the Supreme Court's Bush vs. Gore opinion. "Having once granted the right to vote on equal terms, the state may not, by later arbitrary and disparate treatment, value one person's vote over that of another," the high court said then.
The justices were speaking of the rules for counting punch-card ballots. Economus quoted the passage and said the same rule of equal treatment applies to the times for early voting. "This court finds the plaintiffs have a constitutionally protected right to participate in the 2012 election" on an equal basis with all Ohio voters, including military voters, the judge said in Obama for America vs. Husted.
Economus is a senior district judge and was appointed by President Bill Clinton.
Posted by: Fred ||
09/01/2012 00:00 ||
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(CNN) In the midst of a heated national debate over voter identification laws nationwide, the Justice Department approved Monday of Virginia's new voter identification law.
A federal judge has ordered the battleground state of Ohio to open its polling places on the weekend and Monday prior to the Nov. 6 election, restoring the voting rules that were in effect in 2008, when more than 93,000 early ballots were cast.
