Tag: Trump voter suppression commission

Trump abolishes controversial commission studying alleged voter fraud

The following article by John Wagner was posted on the Washington Post website January 4, 2018:

President Trump announced on Jan. 3 that he is disbanding a controversial panel studying alleged voter fraud. (Patrick Martin/The Washington Post)

President Trump announced Wednesday that he is disbanding a controversial panel studying alleged voter fraud that became mired in multiple federal lawsuits and faced resistance from states that accused it of overreach.

The decision is a major setback for Trump, who created the commission last year in response to his claim, for which he provided no proof, that he lost the popular vote to Democrat Hillary Clinton in 2016 because of millions of illegally cast ballots. Continue reading “Trump abolishes controversial commission studying alleged voter fraud”

Trump abruptly disbands commission he said would expose massive voter fraud

The following article by Kira Lerner was posted on the ThinkProgress website January 3, 2018:

The panel has been mired in controversy since its inception.

President Donald Trump signed on executive order late Wednesday dissolving the commission he created to substantiate his lie that millions of illegal votes cost him the popular vote in November 2016.

The Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity has been mired in controversy since Trump signed an executive order in May 2017 tasking it with investigating voter fraud. A majority of states refused to provide commission vice chair, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R), with the personal voter information he requested, and the commission is the subject of at least eight ongoing federal lawsuits. Continue reading “Trump abruptly disbands commission he said would expose massive voter fraud”

Trump voter fraud commission sued by one of its own members, alleging Democrats are being kept in the dark

The following article by John Wagner was posted on the Washington Post website November 9, 2017:

President Trump’s voter fraud commission was sued Thursday morning by one of its Democratic members, who alleged that he has been kept in the dark about its operations, rendering his participation “essentially meaningless.”

Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap said in a complaint filed in federal court that the 11-member panel is in violation of a federal law that requires presidential advisory commissions to be both balanced and transparent in their work.

“The Commission has, in effect, not been balanced because Secretary Dunlap and the other Democratic commissioners have been excluded from the Commission’s work,” says the complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. “The Commission’s operations have not been open and transparent, not even to the commissioners themselves, who have been deprived access to documents prepared by and viewed by other commissioners.” Continue reading “Trump voter fraud commission sued by one of its own members, alleging Democrats are being kept in the dark”

Voter Fraud Commissioner Tried To Weaken Voting Rights

The following article by Jessica Kwong of Newsweek was posted on the National Memo website October 8, 2017:

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The de facto head of President Donald Trump’s voter fraud commission drafted a proposal for the administration to amend the National Voter Registration Act with a proof of citizenship requirement to join the rolls, documents unsealed by a federal judge show.

Though heavily redacted, the two single-page documents that Judge Julie Robinson opened late Thursday shed light on Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s efforts to expand the controversial requirement he implemented in his home state, and possibly even his motives on the commission. Continue reading “Voter Fraud Commissioner Tried To Weaken Voting Rights”