From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

So quite a ruckus erupted this summer when it was learned that state Sen. John Wiles, a conservative Republican from Kennesaw, had slipped through the Legislature a provision that deleted a state ban on anonymous political literature.

Under Georgia law, it is legal to assault tens of thousands of mailboxes with scurrilous descriptions of the other candidate —- perhaps he does terrible things to pigs with lipstick, perhaps she is eager to declare war on Russia —- and never sign your name to the accusations.

Secretary of State Karen Handel, the Republican sponsor of the legislation that Wiles hijacked to enact the change, has pronounced herself extremely disturbed. Ditto several lawmakers, both Republican and Democrat, who say that an American sense of fair play requires repeal of the Wiles measure.

Yet no one is talking about this: Long before this summer, Attorney General Thurbert Baker —- a Democrat, let’s remember —- was advising state officials that Georgia’s ban on anonymous political literature was unconstitutional and couldn’t be enforced.

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