The not so mysterious case of not really voter fraud

Last week, Marvin M. Allen tried to vote in the Hattiesburg mayoral race. When he arrived, he was told he had already voted and had to vote affidavit.

Queue all the over-the-top-conspiracy-theory-voter ID rhetoric - voter fraud occurred in the Hattiesburg special election with the Department of Justice monitoring along with Delbert Hosemann and the Secretary of State. This is the proof they needed - people are fraudulently voting in Mississippi!

But alas, that was not the case, as WDAM discovered. Turns out, there are two Marvin M. Morrises in Hattiesburg. Both votes were counted, and while this wasn't an ideal situation, it's important to note  - no one perpetuated a fraud here. And, unless Delbert Hosemann wants to include a photo of each voter on the rolls, Voter ID would have done very little to help this situation.

***BREAKING - US DOJ REQUEST MEANS NO VOTER ID IN MISSISSIPPI THIS ELECTION

Here is the letter from the United States Department of Justice regarding Mississippi's application for review of the Voter ID statute.  Essentially, the DOJ wants more information concerning the reasons for the law, and that means NO VOTER ID THIS ELECTION CYCLE.

Voter ID Response 10 01 12

MS Dem Third Congressional District EC Letter to DOJ: GOP Map Artist Pledged to Draw Racially Biased Maps

In a letter to the United States Department of Justice's Voting Section Chief Chris Herren, Jackson attorney Dorsey Carson, the chairman of the Mississippi Democratic Party's Third Congressional District Executive Committee, recounts that during the 2011 legislative campaign Rep. Bill Denny (R - Jackson) pledged to "decrease the number of minority voters" within his House district.  Those who've followed Denny's career and studied the redistricting maps he drew this past legislative session won't be surprised, but the head of the USDOJ's Voting Division might be.