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The Hankster (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
... and just plain right-wing politics: Justice concludes black voters need Democratic Party (Ben Conery, Washington Times) Big Voting Rights Drama in Small Town (Clarice Feldman, Pajamas Media) The Politicization of Justice: Kinston, North Carolina (Heritage Foundation blog) DOJ forces town to put party labels on candidates for racial reasons (Ed Lasky, American Thinker) MORE NONPARTISAN ELECTIONS...
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BackyardConservative (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Via NRO, Abigail Thernstrom : Both Hans von Spakovsky and Ben Conery have done splendid jobs telling the Kinston story. The small city had voted two-to-one to get rid of partisan labels on candidates running for local office, but the Department of Justice (DOJ) decided such a move was discriminatory. Blacks are a majority of registered voters in Kinston, but they are usually a minority on Election...
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The Corner (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
... to silence administration critics, who don’t seem intimidated. Both Hans von Spakovsky and Ben Conery have done splendid jobs telling the Kinston story. The small city had voted two-to-one to get rid of partisan labels on candidates running for local office, but the Department of Justice (DOJ) decided such a move was discriminatory. Blacks are a majority of registered voters in Kinston,...