Partisan Takeover of the Electoral Process?
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26 responses to “Partisan Takeover of the Electoral Process?”
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Democrats get pretty worked up about the perception of wrongdoing, as long as it’s by Republicans.
If only they could muster some outrage for actual wrong doing – like crime.
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What crime?
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Title 18, Section 1507 of the U.S. Code, which was enacted in 1950. Under this law, it is illegal to picket or parade in front of a courthouse or a judge’s home “with the intent of interfering with, obstructing, or impeding the administration of justice, or with the intent of influencing any judge.”
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I prefer to limit my discussion to Virginia events and Virginia law.
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“I prefer to limit my discussion to Virginia events and Virginia law.”
Perhaps on this issue.
Overall, I think Virginia does a good job with elections. I don’t think this “Partisan Takeover of the Electoral Process” as you put it is of much consequence.
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I hope you are right.
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Aided by two Obama-era witnesses, congressional investigators led by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan have developed the first evidence that a letter from security experts that falsely dismissed the Hunter Biden laptop as Russian disinformation during the 2020 election had ties to Joe Biden’s presidential campaign.
“It was all done with politics, and it looks like there was some some real connections with the Biden campaign,”
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“Rep. Tiffany asks why Hunter Biden hasn’t been prosecuted for alleged gun crime at ATF hearing.”
Read the facts. They have him dead to rights.
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Biden DOJ recommends no jail time for trans vandal of Catholic church: ‘F— Catholics’
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Is there another kind?
Dick: By ‘some localities’ you really mean one of the 133 Electoral Boards in our state, right?
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More than one.
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You only talk about Buckingham – what other[s]? Can you illuminate please?
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Lynchburg, for another. The others that are reportedly considering it were not identified.
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I think that the possible replacement of 7 or 8 Registrars out of 130+ is not unreasonable. It has been a while since Republicans have had control of their Electoral Boards, and I am guessing that when they (the former Democrat majorities) appointed or reappointed Registrars, many of them did so with political motives in mind.
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I agree, although I would prefer they simply be replaced at reappointment time rather than by attempts at driving them from office with questionable accusations.
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That’s still one more than should be.
The data does have discrepancies, more so than you would naturally find. THEIR data. That is a fact. Until you have examined it and analyzed it, don’t make that assumption. Their data is questionable.
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Challenge it. Take it to court.
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Challenge it. Take it to court.
From another perspective, such shenanigans motivated either by suspicion or conspiracy benefit the electoral process in the long run. Increased participation by previously unwoke partisans, even non-partisans, creates a more informed citizenry. The newcomers, like immigrants, will assimilate and strengthen the electoral process. The overarching American value of free and fair elections will dominate.
It looks like the republicans have organized while the democrats have resigned and run away. In a political war, fire has to be met with fire.
Too bad Peter Francisco of Buckingham County is gone. At six feet and eight inches, weighing in at 260 pounds he would have made a great Electoral Board chairman. The Virginia Senate hired him as Sgt. of Arms. The Virginia Hercules could have easily kept the peace or dispatched foes like he did in the Revolution.
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The VDOE recently eliminated 18,000 dead folks from the rolls. The Loudoun County GOP adopted a resolution urging VA to secede from ERIC b/c the public has no role in the organization. How to restore Mr. Francisco?
Jonathan, we are happy to have you as a new commenter on Bacon’s Rebellion. However, you should know that we have banned the use of profanity on this blog (along with ad hominem attacks on other commenters). Please refrain in the future. Repeated violations of the rule will lead to suspensions or outright banning.
In 2019, the General Assembly tried to make it harder for an Electoral Board to fire a registrar, but Governor Northam vetoed the bill. The House Bill as passed by both house and senate was HB2034ER. Mr. Northam vetoed the bill on March 25, 2019. There were not enough votes in the house to override.
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