This came to me from the RNC:
Election after election, Democrats have cried Republican voter intimidation as one of their campaign tactics.
But like so many other Democrat <sic> claims, this falsehood is shattered by the truth.
2004 saw Democrats at their worst. From tire slashings in Wisconsin to a union thug literally breaking the arm of a Republican staffer in Florida, we have seen the true perpetrators of voter intimidation and fraud, Democrats and their allies.
With each day that goes by, more and more fraud and intimidation are uncovered.
Now, in a new report presented to the House Administration Committee, the American Center for Voting Rights uncovers and documents massive amounts of voter intimidation by Democrats and their third-party allies, as reported in numerous talk radio programs and blogs including Ankle Biting Pundits.
Check out the documented Democrat <sic> intimidation tactics at www.ac4vr.com.
Sincerely,
Mike DuHaime
RNC Political Director Now when you go to the
American Center for Voting Rights website, you see what looks like a modest, nonpartisan, nonprofit website:
The American Center for Voting Rights is a non-profit organization, which is established for charitable purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The organization shall not carry on any activity not permitted to be carried on by an organization exempt from Federal income tax under section 501(c)(3).
ACVR activities include voter education and outreach as well as legal defense of voters civil rights and voting rights. Included among the group’s activities will be sponsoring symposiums and conferences with prominent legal scholars, election officials and academic experts to address ways to improve the election process and increase public confidence that these processes contribute to fair and honest elections.
The American Center for Voting Rights does no support or endorse any political party or candidate. But if you dig a little deeper, you find this bio for the Executive Director:
Mark F. (Thor) Hearne
Biography
Mark F. (Thor) Hearne, II is a member and principal of the Lathrop & Gage law firm and serves on the firm’s government relations committee. Hearne is General Counsel to the American Center for Voting Rights (ACVR) and serves as a member of the organization’s Board of Directors.
Prior to joining ACVR, Hearne served as National Election Counsel to Bush-Cheney ’04 and Missouri counsel to Bush-Cheney ‘00. Hearne has also served as General Counsel to Missouri Governor Bluntand was appointed by then Secretary of State Blunt as an advisor for the implementation of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA). Hearne testified before the Missouri commission established by Blunt to investigate the 2000 Missouri general election and voter fraud in the city of St. Louis. Hearne also served as General Counsel to the re-election campaigns of Congressman Kenny Hulshof and Congressman Todd Akin.
Hearne is a longtime advocate of voter rights and an attorney experienced in election law and litigation. Hearne has spoken to numerous groups and organizations about issues of election reform and served as chair of the RNLA National Election Law School* in 2003 and 2004. The RNLA Election Law School is a continuing education program for attorney’s involved in election law and is accredited by the bar associations of various states. Hearne was named one of Missouri’s ten best attorneys by the Missouri Lawyers Weekly in 2004. Hearne was also named one of the “Up and Coming Young Attorneys” by the St Louis Business Journal for his work on real estate and real estate-related regulatory matters.
Hearne also served as an attorney and law clerk in the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights during the Reagan Administration.
He has been admitted to the Michigan and Missouri bar and has been admitted to and practiced in a number of courts including the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of International Trade, the Supreme Courts of Missouri and Michigan, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.
Hearne received his law degree from Washington University Law School and his B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis. He is a licensed pilot who has provided commentary for National Public Radio, FOX News and MSNBC and has authored a number of law review articles on various aspects of Missouri law.
Hearne and his wife Susan live in St. Louis, Missouri with their two daughters, Amelia and Elise. *Republican National Lawyers Association
How nonpartisan do you think this report is?
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