Senator Tim Scott has indicated he will vote "No" on controversial judicial nominee Thomas Farr along with Senator Jeff Flake and all the Democrats, effectively ending Farr's ascension to the bench.
Farr is one of the most controversial nominees to come before the Senate for confirmation, largely because of his very long history of voter suppression and aggressive Voter ID laws, as Joy Reid discussed last year with Ari Berman.
Scott was on the fence with regard to the Farr nomination until new information surfaced directly linking Farr to Jesse Helms' "ballot security" efforts.
McClatchy DC reports
Farr worked for the campaign in 1984 and represented the 1990 campaign as a lawyer.
Helms’ 1990 re-election campaign against former Charlotte mayor Harvey Gantt, who is black, included charges of voter intimidation for postcards mailed to primarily black voters warning of possible arrest at the polls. The Department of Justice investigated the voter intimidation claims and settled with the Helms campaign in a consent decree.
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