The Virginian-Pilot published a strongly worded article claiming that "Virginia elections don't work." The article bemoans multiple hour waits to cast a ballot and low voter turnout. The article then turns its attention to voter ID which it says is "part of a larger national effort by Republicans to specifically discourage groups that tend to vote for Democrats," and slows things down even more. Confusion about voter ID rules, problems with absentee ballots, and faulty voting machines marred the November election according to the article. Apparently, even Gov. McAuliffe had his vote momentarily delayed by a worker who mistakenly questioned the governor's address.

Ronald Reagan said during his first Thanksgiving proclamation that "as Americans we have many things for which to be thankful, none is more important than our liberty. Liberty: that quality of government, that brightness of mind and spirit for which the Pilgrim Fathers braved the seas and Americans for two centuries have laid down their lives."

The Public Interest Legal Foundation and the American Civil Rights Union have brought a federal lawsuit against Noxubee County, Mississippi over its corrupted voter registration rolls. Noxubee County is the fourth county in Mississippi to be sued over corrupt voter registration rolls.

Vote fraud deniers often criticize voter ID saying it does not address absentee ballot fraud.  Heritage scholar Hans Von Spakovsky has a great comeback based on Kansas’s law:

Federal Elections Commission (FEC) Commissioner Lee Goodman is fighting the good fight over at the FEC.  Lee is a former first Vice President of the RNLA.  However, Lee is fighting for the rights of ALL parties and people to speak in two ways:

Last month, the RNLA honored Bobby Burchfield as the recipient of the2015 Republican Lawyer of the Year.  Many gathered to celebrate the accomplishments that Bobby has done for the Republican Party including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Republican Party Chairman Reince Priebus as well as President and CEO of American Crossroads, Steven Law.

California and Oregon both passed mandatory voter registration laws this year and, if Democrats have their way, they are only the first of many. A Democratic group called iVote which is led by Jeremy Bird, a top Obama campaign aide, plans to spend millions of dollars in an effort to push mandatory voter registration laws.

To quote former president Calvin Coolidge, "The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten."  It is important that we remember all the lives that were lost as well as honor and thank all of the veterans for protecting our freedom this Veterans this day. 

There is a legitimate debate on the Senate Filibuster going on within Republican ranks.   Should Republicans end the Senate Filibuster which required 60 votes on legislation?  Two months again Congressman Lamar Smith wrote a letter to Senate Leadership asking for just that:

The Democratic Party has recently taken to using cries of voter suppression as an attack against Republican elected officials, candidates, and policies. From limits on early voting to voter ID, Democrats are quick to levy the charge of voter suppression, but a professor from UC-Berkely recently held up a mirror to the country's left-wing and revealed an ugly reality.