Convicted felon, Charlie White, Indiana's Secretary of State, has a friend in Mitch Daniels. To ease some of White's mental burden, le petite chief executive is holding the felon's job open by giving it to a place holder until the justice system's magic might return it to its not-rightful owner.
After all Charlie's life is, by his own admission, "complicated".
Hey Charlie, there are complications,
"White, 42, has said the charges ignored a complicated personal life in which he was trying to raise his 10-year-old son, plan his second marriage and campaign for the statewide office he won that November. He said he stayed at his ex-wife's house when he wasn't on the road campaigning and did not live in the condo until after he remarried." SEE LINK HERE
and there are complications,
10. Due to fiscal pressures, states are already making cuts to the safety net, and more are likely in the next several years.
With the 2009 stimulus package expired and revenues to state governments recovering slowly this year (due to the sluggish
recovery), many states (from Washington and California to Michigan and Florida) are making cuts to unemployment
insurance, temporary cash assistance, Medicaid benefits, and other services for low-income Americans. The fiscal pressureon some states may worsen before it eases. The pressure to restrain federal spending may cause Congress to reduce federal
fiscal relief for the states, which are already struggling to balance budgets in the face of rising Medicaid costs and depressed
revenues. If the federal government places more fiscal pressure on the states, which are required to balance their budgets,
then states are likely to consider additional cuts to cash assistance, Medicaid and other safety-net programs. States may also
be compelled to reduce funding for tax and educational policies that primarily benefit low-income populations. More state
cuts to the safety net should be expected unless the recovery – and the resulting growth rate of state revenues – accelerates SEE LINK HERE
With White's reinstatement, the way may be cleared for the continued disenfranchisement of low-income voters. SEE LINK HERE
That will make Charlie's life less complicated, since his is one of the few verified cases of voter fraud in Indiana.
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Perhaps you can educate me on this case. The way I read it is that this guy may or may not have lived at the place where he was registered to vote. However, his alternative living arrangement was still in Indiana and therefore he would have been eligible for a statewide office.
Am I missing something?
RR:
White is convicted of felonies, these are serious offenses.
He lied about his address which in itself would not have rendered him unable to seek statwide office. But, he lied so he could stay in his then-current position as a member of the Fishers Town Council. Since he had moved and was ineligible to hold the Town Council seat, he committed theft of town funds.
When confronted with these facts he lied about them under oath which is perjury.
Again these are serious crimes and ones which would have raised a howl if committed by a Democrat.
For my money, the supreme irony is that the Secretary of State for Indiana is the major enforcer of election laws.
Gov. Daniels has undertaken a thinly veiled campaign to disenfranchise traditionally Democratic voters. Enforcement of those rules would fall under the bailiwick of the Secretary of State.
The onerous nature of Indiana's voter I.D. law, one of the strongest in the nation, is addressed in a link in the original post.
White's thuggish behavior should be seen for the travesty it is, especially in light of the ulterior motives of Daniels' voter I.D. law.
Voter fraud is a nearly non-existent crime, except for that perpetrated by the Secretary of State himself.
Forgot to mention a retooled version of Carville's dictum during the '92 election, "It's the economy, Stupid".
For Mitch Daniels it should read, "It's the hypocrisy, Stupid."
Perhaps Republicans, still tumescent from 2010 victories, are winding up for over-reach.
The nouveau reach?
Imagine that...lying is okay when you're running for office...but not when you're "in" office. He got what he deserved.
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