Shakes here...
Lost among the din of (well-placed) outrage over the revelation that Bush authorized a secret domestic spy program is his decision to choose two controversial nominees for the FEC yesterday. Of particular concern is nominee Hans von Spakovsky, an attorney who assisted with Georgia’s passing of a “disputed” (some might say unconstitutional) voter-identification law.
Career Justice Department lawyers involved in a Georgia case said von Spakovsky pushed strongly for approval of a state program requiring voters to have photo identification. A team of staff lawyers that examined the case recommended 4 to 1 that the Georgia plan should be rejected because it would harm black voters; the recommendation was overruled by von Spakovsky and other senior officials in the Civil Rights Division.
Before working in the Justice Department, von Spakovsky was the Republican Party chairman in Fulton County, Ga., and served on the board of the Voter Integrity Project, which advocated regular purging of voter roles to prevent felons from casting ballots.
Voter Integrity Project. Orwell would be so proud.
