Y’all all know about James O’Keefe, the two bit agent provocateur for the Republican party.

He tried a new scam.  And failed.  Again.

He wanted to prove that we need Voter ID laws.  So, he marched into a primary voting precinct in Michigan and pretended to be someone he was not.  He said he’d lost his driver’s license and gave the voting clerk a name.  She replied that Michigan law allows someone to vote a provisional ballot if they are willing to sign a sworn affidavit attesting that they are who they say they are.  He handed him the affidavit but he didn’t sign it.

Good thing, because the name he was using is a guy on the editorial board of the Detroit Free Press, Brian Dickerson, who just so happens to be a friend of the election clerk.  She just wanted to see if O’Keefe would be willing to commit a felony by signing it.

The guy on the editorial board writes —

But instead of forging the affidavit — a felony punishable by imprisonment — O’Keefe aborts and heads to Birmingham City Hall, where he confronts City Clerk Laura Pierce (on camera, of course) with the somewhat exaggerated claim that one of her volunteer poll workers has just offered him my ballot in return for a forged signature.

Well, see, that never happened.  The system worked.  He was never offered a ballot. He was offered an affidavit and a golden opportunity to commit a felony.

Additionally, the city election clerk would have informed law enforcement that the real Brian Dickerson voted by mail two days earlier.

The system worked.  Sadly, O’Keefe never has.

Thanks to Alfredo over at the Dairy Queen for the heads up.