Not sure about this
While we're piling on Katherine Harris ... er ... Karen Handel today, why not fully ridicule the pathetic nature of her response to criticism on extending early voting hours.
Of course it weakly hides behind the law and blames liberals and the media (and the liberal media) for this whole debacle, injecting partisan blame while all the while claiming to acting in a non-partisan manner (just like the Jim Powell thing).
She argues that Georgia law forbids her from extending early voting with approval from the Department of Justice - which, from what I've heard, is actually up for debate - thus we can't keep polls open longer. Of course, what is to stop Handel from calling the DoJ and making such a request and them approving that request in, oh, say a couple of hours?
The more Handel argues about how she can't extend voting hours, the more time she wastes. It's a self-defeating argument by her own logic.
Of course it weakly hides behind the law and blames liberals and the media (and the liberal media) for this whole debacle, injecting partisan blame while all the while claiming to acting in a non-partisan manner (just like the Jim Powell thing).
She argues that Georgia law forbids her from extending early voting with approval from the Department of Justice - which, from what I've heard, is actually up for debate - thus we can't keep polls open longer. Of course, what is to stop Handel from calling the DoJ and making such a request and them approving that request in, oh, say a couple of hours?
The more Handel argues about how she can't extend voting hours, the more time she wastes. It's a self-defeating argument by her own logic.
posted by Jmac at 5:00 PM
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She argues that Georgia law forbids her from extending early voting with approval from the Department of Justice
i think you meant "without"
Doesn't NC also need preclearance under the Voting Rights Act? They somehow managed to extend their voting hours already.
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/voting/sec_5/about.php
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