From yesterday’s press briefing at the White House:

Q Scott, tomorrow, Reverend Jessie Jackson, Bruce Gordon — and Al Sharpton are holding a press conference basically saying the Justice Department blessed an illegal election, an illegal arrangement, saying that the Justice Department violated Section II in the Voting Rights Act, and Section V, basically that the voting rights extension next year means nothing without voting rights enforcement this year. And what are your thoughts as to his statement from Reverend Jessie Jackson, as this administration is for the extension —
MR. McCLELLAN: Well, by law, Congress made the Justice Department the agency to review these election issues. And the state of Louisiana came through — came forward with a plan — this was last week, we’ve talked about it before — they presented a plan, and the Justice Department reviewed it and signed off on the plan that leaders in Louisiana came together to develop.
So I think if you have further questions about it, you ought to talk to the Department of Justice, because they looked at these issues to make sure concerns were being addressed and that the elections could proceed forward.
Q This department is under the auspices of this administration where the Justice Department’s boss is the President of the United States, who has said that he wants to extend the Voting Rights Act, and not only that, he supports certain sections of it and he wants to tweak it to make it stronger. Now, how can that be — it seems like it’s a conflict within this administration when you have a President saying —
MR. McCLELLAN: No, the President strongly supports reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act, and the Justice Department is committed to the administration’s position. This is a specific matter relating to Louisiana. There was a plan that Louisiana — state of Louisiana brought forward for review by the Department of Justice, and they reviewed it and approved it.