Politico: The Carpet Bagger Report

Spakovsky lands on his feet, will work on voting rights

Posted from The Carpetbagger Report 139 days ago

Hans von Spakovsky, as a top political appointee in Bush’s Justice Department, was a leading player in what has been labeled the administration’s “vote-suppression agenda.” When it came to voter disenfranchisement, von Spakovsky was a reliable member of Team Bush. And as a reward, Bush tried to promote von Spakovsky to a six-year term on the Federal Election Commission, which touched off a major fight with Senate Democrats, and in turn, effectively shut down the FEC for months. In May, Dems won when Spakovsky withdrew from consideration. In August, Americans lost, as S... (original story)