Saturday, April 21, 2012

5 letter to AG Holder/ Justice department civil rights division TO: Department of Justice Civil Rights Division. My name is Robbin Stewart. Since 2005, I have been unable to vote in Indiana. I am unwilling to show an ID as proof that I have paid a tax, and am unwilling to submit to an unwarranted search of my ID without any probable cause, and because I believe the ID requirement violates my right to vote under my state constitution and the First Amendment. I am one of over 1000 former Indiana voters whose votes have not been counted. Not counting these votes interferes with free and equal elections,and makes the result unknowable in close elections. I have been unsuccessful in finding a lawyer,and my attempts to litigate pro se were inept; I missed key deadlines for appeals. My amicus brief to the 7th circuit en banc in Crawford was refused by Judge Posner. I joined the Privacy Project brief in Crawford (link). My motion to consolidate cases in League of Women Voters v Rokita was denied, and my motion for the Indiana Supurme Court to assume jurisdiction over Palmer and Stewart v Marion County was denied. So I have3 exhausted what I can do myself in the courts. My provisional ballots have gone uncounted in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, and I expect to be denied the vote next month in the primary. Indiana is not a jurisdiction requiring preclearance under the VRA, but I reasonably believe the Justice department has jurisdiction to bring suit, or use other forms of suasion, to enforce the constitution, in particular the 24th Amendment. I paid $10 for my birth certificate and $20 for my drivers license. My reading of Harmon v Forssenius is that making voting contingent on paying these fees violates the 24th A. Please let me know if you are willing and able to try to restore my right to vote. Sincerely, Robbin Stewart.