The blogger fondly known as Assrocket has decided to opine about Pennsylvania’s voter identification law, which is currently being litigated in our state’s commonwealth court. Assrocket has many ill-informed opinions about the matter, but I want to address this one:
I haven’t read the State’s court filing, but I’m pretty sure the State didn’t “admit they have no evidence of in-person voter fraud.”
Assrocket is wrong. Here is the state’s stipulation that there have been no investigations or prosecutions for in-person voter fraud in Pennsylvania, and that they have no direct knowledge of any investigations or prosecutions of in-person voter fraud in any other states. In addition, they stipulated that they have no reason to believe that in-person voter fraud is likely to occur in the November election. They are asking the court to uphold the law for no other reason than that the legislature has the right to make election laws.
In addition to this, Assrocket is confused by an email the DCCC sent out that claimed that 10% of registered voters in Pennsylvania lack the identification now required to vote. He wants to know where the DCCC got those numbers. They got those numbers from the Republican-run state government. The actual number of Pennsylvania registered voters who lack a Department of Transportation identification is 9.2%. So, when the DCCC said that nearly one-in-ten Pennsylvania voters are at risk of being disenfranchised, they were not just correct, they were using Republican data. The number in Philadelphia County is 18%, meaning nearly one in five Philly voters need to head to the DMV or they’ll be shut out on election day.
If even one registered voter fails to realize that they need to get on a bus and make two transfers to get down to Delaware Avenue to get their voter authorization card, then the election will be distorted by their lack of participation much more than it will be by the entirely absent cases of in-person voter fraud. But you can be sure that, with nearly a fifth of Philadelphia currently unqualified to vote, the impact will be much greater than one vote.
But Assrocket doesn’t care about votes if they are likely to be Democratic votes. He just wants to win.
I was a lawyer at the same firm where Hinderaker currently resides. I have a deep affection for that firm and many of the people there, and I am deeply embarassed that the Assrocket occupies a partner office at a very good firm full of honorable, decent lawyers.
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Ouch. Double ouch.
Damn.
I think it’s a shame the way Barack Obama harms out bilateral relations with Great Britain for no good reason, don’t you?
Isn’t this dude an attorney? “Well your honor, the plaintiff has made a very serious allegation, and I haven’t bothered to look at any of the evidence that’s been presented, but I just know it can’t be true.”
Dude is a very successful business litigator, who (among other clients) has represented the MN Timberwolves. No doubt he’s a good trial lawyer.
Yet somehow he has a hatred of facts. And doesn’t mind making an ass out of himself on the interwebs.
Not even Republican-sourced facts are facts if they don’t support the party line.
Sort of like how Republican-appointed judges magically turn into liberal activist judges if they hand down a decision that Repubs disagree with.
“We’re stealing it fair and square. What’s your problem?”
Seems to be the campaign strategy this year. Lord knows that Romney is a dud.
Really cannot think how people can make such bad situation for themselves…Weird!!
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