Election Day!

[OakLeaf]

I don't think there was some big conspiracy by "Them." If there was, apparently it didn't work because "Them" didn't win.

Well, I don't remember using the word "Them." The people I'm referring to have names, mostly with the word "Defendant" after them in a whole lot of successful voting rights lawsuits. Jon Husted, Ohio Secretary of State, is one of them. There are others in Ohio, in Florida, and in other states as well.

Husted, for one, was not up for reelection this year, so his actions can't have been on his own behalf. What do you call it when someone does something illegal in concert with other people? That's the legal definition of conspiracy.

As far as whether "they" won or lost, I'm as glad as anyone and more surprised than many that the presidential election was over on election night, but there are still many important races that hinge on the outcome of provisional ballots and suppressed votes. Many of those races have implications for the conduct of the next presidential election ... and far more implications for the lives of everyday Americans than the presidential race.

I WILL let this rest now, but I can't let it go without pointing out that dismissing the existence of voter suppression is not an effective way of keeping it from happening.