TNDP Chip Forrester will be our guest on Liberadio(!) with Mary Mancini & Freddie O’Connell this Monday, July 13, at 8:00 am, on WRVU 91.1 FM. Online streaming also available at UStream.tv.
We look forward to discussing Chip’s call today for the firing of Secretary of State Tre Hargett for refusing to implement the Tennessee Voter Confidence Act (TVCA), the law that mandates that all county election commissions make the switch to paper ballots before the 2010 election.
Forrester says that Mr. Hargett’s refusal to implement the law “appears to be part of a nefarious Republican strategy to stand in the way of secure and verifiable elections in Tennessee.”
He says “nefarious Republican strategy,” we say “full court press.” Tomato, Tomahto.
Mr. Hargett has also been accused of abuse of power for filing a “threat of terrorism” complaint with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation against Election Integrity activist Bernie Ellis, one of the concerned citizens who helped usher the Tennessee Voter Confidence Act through the General Assembly (almost unanimously, I might add) in 2008.
The complaint led to a visit by the TBI to Mr. Ellis’ house.
Liberadio(!) with Mary Mancini & Freddie O’Connell is heard live every Monday morning from 7 to 9 am on WRVU 91.1 FM. The show also streams live online at ustream.tv/liberadio.
