Wednesday, tomorrow, the Senate Rules committee will vote on the nomination of Hans von Spakovsky to the Federal Elections Commission. He's a bad choice for FEC commissioner. We said as much to Sen. Dianne Feinstein, chair of the committee, back in June.
Now, von Spakovsky is probably okay with the committee voting on his nomination--because no minority voters will be casting a ballot. In all seriousness, he's spent several years pushing to undermine voting rights, which especially impact minority communities. From our letter:
During his tenure at the U.S. Department of Justice, "Mr. von Spakovsky was central to the administration's pursuit of strategies that had the effect of suppressing the minority vote," according to Joseph Rich, a former Justice Department voting rights chief.[...]
While at the Justice Department, Mr. von Spakovsky again pushed to have career attorneys overruled to gain department approval of a Georgia voter ID law that the career attorneys believe would have had a negative impact on minority voters. That law was later struck down by the courts.
His story also highlights a preference for partisanship over justice, among other serious concerns. Rules Committee members should give him a firm "nay"--and be thankful that it's not von Spakovsky himself who's in charge of counting the votes.
UPDATE: It'd probably be helpful to know who is on that Rules committee in the Senate, so you can call your Senator and register your opposition if he/she serves on the committee. Here is the list of committee members.
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