Thanks for making us look good N.A.A.C.P.:

The NAACP is registering voters at prisons in Maine, one of just two states that allow all inmates to vote while behind bars, in what is apparently the nation’s first such statewide drive.

The relatively few votes at stake — only a few hundred — mean the drive’s potential to affect outcomes this fall on such issues as gay marriage, marijuana laws and tax limits is low.

Though prison inmates tend to skew to the Democratic side, the drive isn’t about furthering any political agenda, said Rachel Talbot Ross, president of the Portland chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

“It’s about establishing strong voter patterns and becoming a fully functioning person to re-enter society,” Ross said. “It’s part of the rehabilitation and re-entry process.”

The NAACP is wrapping up its effort in Maine prisons this week. After next June’s primary election, the organization plans to lead another drive at all 15 county jails, as well as state prisons.

It’s not focusing just on black inmates.

Oh? That’s odd. Let’s meet one of the White inmates the N.A.A.C.P. registered:

Randal Horr, a 49-year-old white inmate at the Bolduc minimum-security prison in Warren, registered as a Democrat when volunteers arrived. Going through the voting process helps him feel connected to the outside world and will help when he is released, he said.

In November’s election, he said, he plans to vote for state and municipal tax and spending limits and liberalizing medical marijuana laws. He’s not sure how he’ll vote on whether to overturn a state law allowing gay marriage.

“Having that access to the vote makes a difference. It makes me feel I’m continuing in the loop of the community and society. You feel like you count,” said Horr, who has served nearly nine years of an 11 1/2-year sentence for habitual drunken driving.

What’s this? A habitual drunk driver voting to legalize the scam of medical marijuana? What could possibly go wrong? Especially if this is the Randal Horr from this case who stole his sister’s car while “intoxicated” (including changing the license plate) and almost killed someone on the road. His license had already been revoked for drunk driving. He then went on to try to get his sentence changed by claiming that it was “illegal” for prosecutors to tell the jury he was a habitual offender.

In other words, Horr is a longtime out-of-control substance abuser who has never taken responsibility for his actions who the Democrats in Maine think is qualified to vote on the accessibility of marijuana. Again, what could go wrong once he’s released?

Thanks for helping out the community, N.A.A.C.P.