Hans Van Spakovsky Withdraws From FEC Nomination

From The Associated Press:

FEC nominee withdraws name
By The Associated Press
Friday, May 16, 2008

(05-16) 13:55 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) --

President Bush's contentious nominee for the Federal Election Commission has yanked his name from consideration, potentially ending a broader confirmation deadlock in the Senate.

Hans von Spakovsky, a former Justice Department official who never had Democratic support to win confirmation, withdrew his nomination on Friday.

Bush "reluctantly accepted" von Spakovsky's request, the White House said.

Democrats have objected to von Spakovsky's tenure at Justice, where he oversaw voting rights matters. The standoff has held up other confirmations to the six-member FEC, which is without a quorum and has been unable to conduct business.

In a letter to Bush, von Spakovsky said the long-stalled process has been extremely hard on his family.

Hans has been a pet project over here at Mirror On America. We noticed awhile ago what a danger it would be to have a PROFESSIONAL VOTER SUPPRESSOR AT THE FEC.

So, to everyone to worked together to STOP his appointment to the FEC, thank you.


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From TPMMuckraker.com:

Obama, Others Nix Deal on Voter Fraud Guru
By Paul Kiel - October 4, 2007, 12:14PM
From Roll Call (sub. req.):

Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) on Wednesday derailed a plan blessed by Senate leaders to vote on controversial Federal Election Commission White House nominee Hans von Spakovsky, a move giving Democrats time to breathe in the ongoing Senate stalemate on FEC nominees.

According to Democratic Senate aides, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) struck a deal mid-week to hotline four FEC slots that must be confirmed by the Senate before next year. As part of the proposed deal, a voice vote on fellow commission nominees only would take place if no Senators objected to von Spakovsky’s nomination.

But a vote on the deal, which was expected to come to the floor as early as today, appeared to be off by mid-day Wednesday after Obama — and unconfirmed others — voiced concerns that von Spakovsky’s nomination was too controversial not to go through regular floor proceedings.

A Democratic aide said Senate offices continue to explore “concerns with Mr. von Spakovsky, if they rise to the level of other objections, as well as where the caucus lies.”

The Democrats never should have allowed this to go forth in the first place, with even the appearance of 'a deal'. WTF are they ' dealing' for with a person with a KNOWN HISTORY of voting fraud against Black folk. This is as ridiculous as Feinstein voting to approve Leslie Southwick out of the Judiciary Committee. I am pleased that Senator Obama has stood up for Voting Rights - it's what he should do- period. Good for Obama.


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