Larry Schwartztol for Take Care: In other words, the Commission’s failure to adhere to the PRA isn’t a matter of mere technical non-compliance; it flouted a legal framework whose provisions would have offered a safeguard against a misguided, and potentially… Continue reading

Statement via Jessica Huseman, who adds: “A good way to prevent ‘media distortions’ is to answer the phone when the media calls with questions, or to respond to emails with questions…lot of journalists *did* mischaracterize the email Kobach sent… Continue reading

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