Holder Gives Democrats Early 2010 Election Lead

When Georgia tried to pass a law to ensure that only eligible (and living) citizens of the U.S. voted, Obama's AG Eric Holder shot it down, claiming that it might affect minorities (never mind if they are legal or not). From Andy McCarthy:

Quite apart from the fact that the VRA is an anachronism in modern America, is there not something perverse about cancelling out the votes of eligible citizens — the inevitable result of permitting ineligible citizens and non-citizens to vote, as DOJ is effectively forcing Georgia to do here — under the auspices of something called the "Voting Rights Act"?

Georgia's Secretary of State Karen Handel describes this DOJ interference well:

“DOJ has thrown open the door for activist organizations such as ACORN to register non-citizens to vote in Georgia’s elections, and the state has no ability to verify an applicant’s citizenship status or whether the individual even exists. DOJ completely disregarded Georgia’s obvious and direct interest in preventing non-citizens from voting, instead siding with the ACLU and MALDEF. Clearly, politics took priority over common sense and good public policy.

It's a shame. ACORN, MoveOn and other thug criminal organizations can start registering dead people and illegals right now and Georgia can do nothing to stop them, thanks to the Obama administration. There are likely already a few hundred thousand Democrat votes already mailed in for 2010.