The Wall Street Journal pens an opinion piece accusing the Justice Department of "misinterpreting key voting rights laws for nakedly political reasons."Hans A. Von Spakovsky cites registration numbers that didn't add up from the November 2008 election in Missouri, and says the Justice Department dropped the case one month after Secretary of State Robin Carnahan announced she was running for U.S. Senate.
From the piece:
"Registration numbers from the November 2008 election show that more than a dozen counties in Missouri have more registered voters than the Census shows they have voting-age residents. Clearly, the state isn't keeping its lists current. However, in March, one month after Secretary of State Robin Carnahan (a Democrat and the defendant in the lawsuit) announced she was running for the Senate seat being vacated by Republican Kit Bond, the Justice Department dismissed the lawsuit without explanation."
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