Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad
“The Russians are hacking. Luckily the Trump voter fraud commission isn’t in charge”
Michael McDonald has written this oped for USA Today, with the subhead: “The Kris Kobach group is clownish. But some seriously competent people are mobilizing to protect our elections.”
“Kris Kobach Can Prove U.S. Elections Are Messy, But That’s Not The Same Thing As Fraudulent”
538:
When Kobach employs these proxies as proof of voter fraud, though, he is implicitly suggesting that changes need to be made to the voting system to protect its integrity, such as ensuring that the same name never turns up… Continue reading
David Bossie Getting Into the Voter Fraud Bamboozlement Industry?
Things that make you wonder:
“Voter fraud commission fails on all fronts”
“‘Election integrity’ means voter suppression”
Cynthia Tucker column:
With Donald J. Trump as president, however, the GOP has abandoned any pretense of subtlety. Trump has plumped up the myth of voter fraud with outrageous accusations, incredible theories and charges that could not possibly be true.… Continue reading
“Is Kobach a private citizen on Trump commission? Question will test transparency law”
KC Star:
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s use of private email for a presidential commission could bring him into conflict with a 1-year-old state law meant to increase government transparency.
Kobach, a candidate for Kansas governor, told ProPublica last… Continue reading
“Trump Pick for Civil Rights Role Is a Lawyer Who’s Pushed Voting Restrictions”
Pema Levy for Mother Jones:
In mid-August, as Washington reeled over the deadly white supremacist rallies in Charlottesville, Virginia, President Donald Trump quietly announced his pick for the top civil rights job at the Department of Homeland Security. The woman… Continue reading
“Obama Election Commission Chair: Trump Fraud Panel a ‘Calamitous Failure’”
NBC News:
Voting experts who have been following President Donald Trump’s voter fraud commission with watchful eyes for the past several months aren’t impressed with the panel’s early efforts.
Commission detractors, including a former presidential commission chairman, told NBC News… Continue reading
“Yes, U.S. election integrity could be improved. Here’s why the Pence commission probably won’t do it.”
Francisco Cantú and German Feierherd for The Monkey Cage.
“Trump’s voter fraud commission proves a magnet for controversy”
WaPo:
As President Trump’s voter fraud commission prepared to convene in New Hampshire this week, it already faced questions about its seriousness of purpose and whether it was a hopelessly biased endeavor.
Then things got worse.
An email surfaced in… Continue reading
“Report on ‘Voter Fraud’ Rife With Inaccuracies”
Paul Gronke:
I look forward to a more detailed analysis by voter registration and database match experts of the GAI report that will be presented to the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity , but even a cursory reading reveals… Continue reading
“Experts Say the Use of Private Email by Trump’s Voter Fraud Commission Isn’t Legal”
Jessica Huseman for ProPublica:
President Donald Trump’s voter fraud commission came under fire earlier this month when a lawsuit and media reports revealed that the commissioners were using private emails to conduct public business. Commission co-chair Kris Kobach confirmed this… Continue reading