World War II pilots coined various versions of the expression, “If you’re not taking flak, you’re not over the target.”
Warriors for election integrity in swing-state Georgia have encountered heavy fire in recent weeks as the Republican-controlled state Senate prepares to debate Georgia House Bill 976 on Thursday — the last day of the session.
Listening to Democrats and their lawfare allies, you would think the package of provisions aimed at greater transparency and accountability in elections will turn the clock back to the Jim Crow era (which Democrats created, by the way). For the race-baiting left, any mention of integrity in elections from the right equals “voter suppression.”
“House Bill 976 threatens democracy,” the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) direly insists in a mass mailing urging Georgians to email their lawmakers to vote against the bill.
Curiously, the ACLU, a crusader against voter ID, clean voter rolls, and other basic election integrity safeguards, claims HB 976, “Threatens Election Integrity” by allowing “third party databases to be used as evidence” to prove voter ineligibility.
Integrity appears to be a problem for the ACLU in general. The bill’s language allows only government-created or recognized databases to be used for challenges, not isolated third-party databases.
The ACLU, defender of big-spending social programs, laughably demands the elections bill “Wastes Taxpayers Dollars” and “Overburdens Election Workers” by requiring homeless people to use the county registrar’s office as their mailing address for registering to vote. “This would require county staff to implement new processes
