Release: On Monday, the Lawyers’ Committee submitted a request under the Federal Advisory Committee Act for all of the Commission’s records to date.  The request includes all emails from Commission members — including Vice President Mike Pence and the Commission’s… Continue reading

WaPo reports.  

NLJ: A federal judge may decide by Friday whether to block President Donald Trump’s newly created voting commission from asking states to hand over voters’ personal data.

Stuart Shapiro for Regulatory Review: Recently, the newly created Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity sent a letter to all fifty states asking them to submit extensive information about registered voters. The letter has created an uproar among state officials,… Continue reading

Ari Berman for The Nation.

CNN: Forty-four states have refused to provide certain types of voter information to the Trump administration’s election integrity commission, according to a CNN inquiry to all 50 states. State leaders and voting boards across the country have responded to the… Continue reading

Charles Stewart for Politico: If Kobach’s goal was to create a super crosscheck program, he would have been disappointed, even if every state had complied. His letter requests data that are ill-suited for accurate matching. Not only are the matching… Continue reading

Mic: Asked for comment about the recent turmoil involving the commission, a White House spokesperson responded late Monday night: “President Trump has charged this commission with producing a set of recommendations to increase the American people’s confidence in our election… Continue reading