Some ethics questions for Republicans (The Robesonian | NC)

[struggle4progress]

... Republican legislative leaders are so excited about a report showing potential voter fraud they can hardly stand it. The state Board of Elections is now investigating a report that 765 people may have voted in North Carolina and another state in 2012. In case you are wondering, that is 0.016 percent of the more than 4.5 million votes case in the presidential election in North Carolina 2012.

Senate President Phil Berger and House Speaker Thom Tillis put out a joint statement saying the report justifies the voter suppression law passed last session that includes one of the strictest voter ID requirement in the country.

As several editorials and public interest groups have noted, two things are important to remember about the report. First of all, some of the alleged double voting could actually be mistakes made by precinct workers, as state Board of Elections Director Kim Strach pointed out to legislators. And voter ID would have not have prevented any of the double voting, even if it did happen.

Strach and the state board are investigating the alleged fraud but the politicians couldn’t wait. The misleading news releases were issued and premature grand pronouncements were made immediately. Why let any facts get in the way of an opportunity for some headlines? ...

http://www.robesonian.com/news/opinion-opinion_columns/4106129/Some-ethics-questions-for-Republicans

[Hayduke Bomgarte]

1. Book marked to read later today

As I'm on the way out the door to my job. Just want to say thanks, real quick for the belly laugh, from the title, to start off my day.

Ethics and repubs in the same sentence. That's rich... I'll chuckle about that all day!