Tuesday, April 11, 2006

More interference

From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Voter ID ruling bias charged
U.S. lawyer helped OK Ga.'s law

By CARLOS CAMPOS
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 04/11/06

A Bush appointee from Georgia who played a role in upholding the state's controversial photo voter ID requirement held an inappropriate — and secretive — bias in favor of the law, a voting rights group fighting the measure contends.

Further, the group says the U.S. Department of Justice should take steps to make sure the views of Hans von Spakovsky, a former lawyer for the department, do not influence pending consideration of a new voter ID requirement passed by the Georgia Legislature this year.
Rest of article

Raise your hand if you're surprised by this.

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