"Mr. von Spakovsky was central to the administration's pursuit of strategies that had the effect of suppressing the minority vote," charged Joseph Rich, a former Justice Department voting rights chief who worked under him.

How does Karl Rove's party win elections? It wins them by suppressing voting and intimidating people to stay away from the voting booth. I think we can start with violations of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and head from there to RICO.

McClatchy Washington Bureau | 05/20/2007 | Efforts to stop `voter fraud' may have curbed legitimate voting