“Lawsuits, Falsehoods, and a Lot of White Men: Trump’s Election Commission Meets Amid Growing Controversy”
Ari Berman and Pema Levy for Mother Jones.
Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“5 false statistics Trump’s voter fraud panel will use to restrict voting”
Kira Lerner for Think Progress.
5th Circuit En Banc Won’t Consider Reinstating Block of Texas Voter ID Law, For Now
Last week I reported that a 5th Circuit motions panel, on a 2-1 vote, allowed Texas to enforce its revised voter id law pending appeal in the case. The court put this stay in place this even though the trial… Continue reading
“Trump Voter Fraud Panel Agenda Paints Picture Of Election System Rife With Fraud”
Sam Levine for HuffPost:
One presentation submitted to the commission around 8,500 likely duplicate votes across 21 states. Unable to access data from all 50 states, the researchers extrapolate their findings to estimate that there are at least 45,000 instances… Continue reading
“Judge to Weigh Fate of Lawsuits Challenging New N.H. Voting Law”
NHPR reports.
Two of the Only 5 Democrats (Compared to 7 Republicans) on Pence-Kobach Fraud Commission Will Miss Tuesday Meeting
Sam Levine reports that neither Alan King nor Mark Rhodes will attend tomorrow’s meeting of the sham commission.
That leaves only NH SOS Gardner, Maine SOS Dunlap, and former Arkansas lawmaker David Dunn as Democrats on the Commission.
I doubt… Continue reading
“Trump Voter Fraud Commission Poised To Double Down On Debunked NH Claims”
TPM Muckraker:
Gardner has since said that he doesn’t agree with Kobach’s claims, but argued that doesn’t mean he needs to step down from the panel, as he pushed back at the Democrats’ request.
“No, I’m not going to step… Continue reading
“Trump’s Voter Fraud Panel, No Stranger to Controversy, Creates Another One”
Michael Wines in the NYT:
President Trump’s commission on voter fraud, which has ricocheted between controversies since its creation in May, is scheduled to hold its second public meeting on Tuesday in New Hampshire. Already, the commission’s de facto leader… Continue reading
Max Hailperin Offers Critical Guide to Materials to be Used at Next Pence-Kobach Fraud Commission Meeting
“Democrat On Trump Voter Fraud Probe Slams Voting Restriction Efforts”
HuffPost:
A Democratic member of President Donald Trump’s commission to investigate voter fraud issued some of the strongest criticism yet from within the panel on efforts to make it more difficult to vote.
In a lengthy statement to the commission,… Continue reading
Today’s Must-Read: “Analysis: Heritage Foundation’s Database Undermines Claims of Recent Voter Fraud”
The Brennan Center comes through with tedious but very important debunking work:
The Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity relies on a database produced by the Heritage Foundation to justify baseless claims — by President Trump and some of the… Continue reading
Breaking: Challengers in Texas Voter ID Case Seek 5th Circuit En Banc Review of Stay Order and Full Review of Case
The other day I reported that a 5th Circuit motions panel, on a 2-1 vote, allowed Texas to enforce its revised voter id law pending appeal in the case. The court did this even though the trial court found Texas… Continue reading
“Kobach Discovers College Students Live in College Towns”
Jonathan Brater for the Brennan Center:
Despite his claims that he won’t “pre-judge” the findings of the Trump “Voter Fraud” Commission of which he is the vice-chair and public face, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach… Continue reading
“Election Integrity Commission members accuse New Hampshire voters of fraud”
Weigel for WaPo:
Kobach apparently made no attempt to contact voters who’d cast ballots but held out-of-state IDs. Thursday night, The Washington Post asked voters who’d done so to tell their stories; three did so within 60 minutes — college… Continue reading