“5 false statistics Trump’s voter fraud panel will use to restrict voting”
Kira Lerner for Think Progress.
Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad
“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
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’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
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
“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
“Debunking Kobach’s latest voter fraud lie”
Zack Roth for the Daily Democracy.
“Kris Kobach’s leap of logic on voter fraud in New Hampshire should be disqualifying”
Philip Bump:
Kobach is the co-chairman of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, alongside the vice president of the United States. He is running a federal investigation into the integrity of the voting system — and he cites college… 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
Agenda for Pence-Kobach Commission Meeting in NH
Lopsided indeed.
Very disappointed to see people like Kim Brace, Andrew Appel and Ron Rivest participating in this charade.
Update: This from Michael McDonald is troubling.
More McDonald:
NH SoS Gardner told me this would be the “Democratic” meeting of… Continue reading
Pence-Kobach Fraud Commission Members Using Personal Email to Communicate, Raising Public Records Concerns
Kobach Doubles the Number of Voting Prosecutions for Noncitizen Voting in Kansas—To Two Cases
“Why Is This Dem Fixture Giving Cover To Trump’s Bogus Voter Fraud Panel?”
TPM:
Gardner, the nation’s longest-serving secretary of state, is by far the most prominent Democrat on the commission. On Sept. 12 he will host its second meeting, in New Hampshire. Those moves have frustrated Democrats and even some Republicans back… Continue reading