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Title    U.S. President Establishes Commission on Election Integrity
Date    Sunday May 14 2017, @05:00PM
Author    martyb
Topic   
from the you-may-even-get-tired-of-integrity dept.
https://soylentnews.org/politics/article.pl?sid=17/05/14/025256

butthurt writes:

A press release, dated 11 May, posted to the White House Web site (archived copy) announces (all links and party affiliations were added by the submitter):

[...] the issuance of an executive order forming the bipartisan Presidential Commission on Election Integrity. The President also named [Republican] Vice President Mike Pence as Chairman and Kansas Secretary of State [Republican] Kris Kobach as Vice-Chair of the Commission.

Five additional members were named to the bipartisan commission today:

        Connie Lawson [Republican], Secretary of State of Indiana
        Bill Gardner [Democratic], Secretary of State of New Hampshire
        Matthew Dunlap [Democratic], Secretary of State of Maine
        Ken Blackwell [Republican], Former Secretary of State of Ohio
        Christy McCormick, Commissioner, Election Assistance Commission

[...]

The Commission on Election Integrity will study vulnerabilities in voting systems used for federal elections that could lead to improper voter registrations, improper voting, fraudulent voter registrations, and fraudulent voting. The Commission will also study concerns about voter suppression, as well as other voting irregularities. The Commission will utilize all available data, including state and federal databases.

Secretary Kobach, Vice-Chair of the Commission added: "As the chief election officer of a state, ensuring the integrity of elections is my number one responsibility. The work of this commission will assist all state elections officials in the country in understanding, and addressing, the problem of voter fraud."

Additional Commission members will be named at a later time. It is expected the Commission will spend the next year completing its work and issue a report in 2018.

According to Wikipedia's biography of Mr. Kobach (citation style changed by submitter):

Kobach has come to prominence over his hardliner views on immigration, as well as his calls for greater voting restrictions and a Muslim registry.[cite][cite][cite] Kobach regularly makes false or unsubstantiated claims about the extent of voter fraud in the United States.[cite]

As Secretary of State of Kansas, he has implemented some of the strictest voter ID legislation in the nation and has fought to remove nearly 20,000 properly registered voters from the state's voter rolls.[cite] After considerable investigation and prosecution, Kobach secured six convictions for voter fraud; all were cases of double voting and none would have been prevented by voter ID laws.

additional coverage:

related stories:
Kansas Secretary of State Finally Convicts an Immigrant of a Voting Irregularity
Former Colorado GOP chairman charged with voter fraud
Hundreds of Texans may have voted improperly
Donald Trump is Filling Out His Transition Team
Hacking Voter Registration Data in Indiana
Study Finds Texas Voter Photo ID Requirement Discourages Turnout

Original Submission

Links
  1. "butthurt" - https://soylentnews.org/~butthurt/
  2. "A press release, dated 11 May, posted to the White House Web site" - https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/05/11/president-announces-formation-bipartisan-presidential-commission
  3. "archived copy" - http://www.webcitation.org/6qQ1YSOjI
  4. "Mike Pence" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%20Pence
  5. "Kris Kobach" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kris_Kobach
  6. "Connie Lawson" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connie_Lawson
  7. "Bill Gardner" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gardner_(politician)
  8. "Matthew Dunlap" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Dunlap
  9. "Ken Blackwell" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Blackwell
  10. "Christy McCormick" - https://www.eac.gov/blogs/blogger/?BloggerId=8
  11. "Election Assistance Commission" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election_Assistance_Commission
  12. "[cite]" - http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN13B05C?feedType=RSS
  13. "[cite]" - http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/kris-kobach-donald-trump-immigration-rigged-230000
  14. "[cite]" - https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2015/11/02/what%E2%80%99s-matter-kansas%E2%80%99-kris-kobach
  15. "[cite]" - https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/the-conservative-gladiator-from-kansas-behind-restrictive-voting-laws/2016/04/06/57ad18d2-eaed-11e5-b0fd-073d5930a7b7_story.html
  16. "[cite]" - https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/26/us/elections/voter-id-laws.html
  17. "Washington Post" - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-commission-on-election-integrity-could-instead-restrict-voting/2017/05/12/b9d4fdde-3698-11e7-b373-418f6849a004_story.html
  18. "ABC News" - http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-trump-expected-launch-commission-election-integrity/story?id=47337222
  19. "Chicago Tribune" - http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-voter-fraud-commission-20170512-story.html
  20. "Los Angeles Times" - http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-voter-fraud-20170511-story.html
  21. "Atlanta Journal Constitution blog" - http://jamiedupree.blog.ajc.com/2017/05/11/trump-signs-executive-order-to-create-voter-fraud-panel/
  22. "New York Times" - https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/11/us/politics/trump-voter-fraud.html
  23. "Kansas City Star" - http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article149910457.html
  24. "The Nation" - https://www.thenation.com/article/trumps-commission-on-election-integrity-will-lead-to-massive-voter-suppression/
  25. "American Civil Rights Union press release" - http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/acru-salutes-president-trump-for-new-commission-on-election-integrity-300456976.html
  26. "Rhode Island Public Radio" - http://ripr.org/post/ri-leaders-slam-president-trump-s-commission-election-integrity
  27. "Project Veritas" - http://projectveritas.com/2017/05/11/project-veritas-welcomes-federal-commission-on-election-integrity/
  28. "Observer" - http://observer.com/2017/05/sharpton-trump-advisory-commission-election-integrity-voter-fraud-suppression/
  29. "Fox News" - http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05/11/trump-to-sign-order-launching-voter-fraud-commission.html
  30. "archived copy" - http://www.webcitation.org/6qQ3NQxzr
  31. "KCUR-FM" - http://kcur.org/post/kansas-secretary-state-kobach-help-lead-presidential-commission-voter-fraud
  32. "NBC News" - http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-establish-vote-fraud-commission-n757796
  33. "Kansas Secretary of State Finally Convicts an Immigrant of a Voting Irregularity" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=19659
  34. "Former Colorado GOP chairman charged with voter fraud" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=17/03/28/0441209
  35. "Hundreds of Texans may have voted improperly" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=18668
  36. "Donald Trump is Filling Out His Transition Team" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=16914
  37. "Hacking Voter Registration Data in Indiana" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=16/10/14/1329212
  38. "Study Finds Texas Voter Photo ID Requirement Discourages Turnout" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=15/08/08/1859218
  39. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=20192
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