Bush names vote-suppression goon to Federal Election Commission

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[GranniesAgainstGeorge] Bush names vote-suppression goon to

Federal Election Commission

 

 

 

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From B:

 

Bush to nominate voter suppression specialist to the FEC

by david blue

 

Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 07:21:48 AM PDT

 

 

 

A big hat tip to Rick Hasen who noticed this White House press release

(buried in the Friday night trash). President Bush is going to nominate

Hans von Spakovsky to the Federal Election Commission. Who?

 

Well, Hans von Spakovsky is a long-time activist in " voting integrity. "

Translated, he is a long-time activist in keeping people away from the

polls.

 

http://www.newyorker.com/printables/fact/040920fa_fact

 

His ideas led to the notorious purge of Florida's voting rolls before the

2000 election in which thousands of mostly-eligible, mostly-Democratic,

and mostly-minority voters were removed from the voting lists. Von

Spakovsky

also was a volunteer for Bush in the Florida recount. Want more? It's

all here. This guy is a disaster. There is no way he should be on the

FEC.

 

FEC Commissioners are subject to Senate approval, so write or call your

Senator.

 

UPDATE: Several commenters have asked which Senate committee

holds hearings on FEC nominees. It is the Committee on Rules and

Administration.

Chair is Trent Lott; ranking Dem is Christopher Dodd. Other Dems are Byrd,

Inouye, Feinstein, Schumer, Dayton, Durbin, and Ben Nelson; other

Republicans are Ted Stevens, Mitch McConnell, Thad Cochran, Santorum, K.B.

Hutchison, Frist, Chambliss, Bennett, and Hagel. Some heavy hitters

on both sides.

 

 

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