Election Integrity Commission - August 2017 Update

August 23rd:

• Democrats on Trump’s voting commission iced out since first meeting

August 23rd:

• Nearly 14,000 Uncounted Kansas Ballots from the 2016 election Fuel Fears About Kobach's Proposals

• Kris Kobach has suggested Kansas’ strict rules, which were behind the state’s high number of discarded ballots, could become the national standard

• Alaska Lt. Governor Mallott Responds to Election Integrity Commission’s Data Request

  • While Alaska law deems some voter information public and available to anyone who requests it, the distribution of voters’ ages, dates of birth, social security numbers, and signatures – among other things – is strictly prohibited. Lt. Governor Mallott and the Division of Elections will pay close attention to the Commission, and may respond as their work develops over the next several months.

August 24th:

• Lawyers try to put Kobach under oath in Trump voter panel case

  • Opponents of President Trump’s voter integrity commission asked a federal judge Thursday for permission to depose Vice Chairman Kris Kobach as they seek to force the panel to be more transparent about what it’s doing. The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, one of a number of groups that have sued to derail the commission, filed a number of demands with the court in Washington, D.C., trying to pry information loose from the panel.

• Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is warning that Democrats will try to use a must-pass bill to dissolve the administration's voter fraud commission if the president doesn't end it first.

August 25th:

• Trump’s voter fraud commission to hold first public meeting in NH

  • The first public meeting of the special commission formed by President Trump to expose and correct what he has identified post-election as widespread voter fraud will convene at the NH Institute of Politics in Manchester located on the campus of Saint Anselm College, next month. The Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity will meet Sept. 12 between 10 a.m and 4 p.m. to receive information from the public relevant to its advisory function “pursuant to Executive Order 13799,” including information from those claiming experience and knowledge of voter fraud, election fraud and related issues.

August 26th:

• Secretary of State Bill Gardner has invited Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer of New York to address President Trump's Advisory Commission on Election Integrity when it meets in New Hampshire next month.

August 27th:

• Vote Fraud Crusader J. Christian Adams Sparks Outrage

  • J. Christian Adams claims there's an "alien invasion" at the voting booth. Adams, a member of President Donald Trump's election integrity commission, is dedicating his life to cleaning up registration rolls around the country and trying to prevent non-citizens from casting ballots. To do so, he's spent years suing counties to force them to purge their rolls and he's published personal information online- including social security numbers- about thousands of registered voters he believes could have committed fraud.

August 28th:

• On Monday, Trump’s voter commission apologized to court for ‘good-faith error’ on transparency

  • Panel’s lawyers say no reason to force Vice Chairman Kris Kobach to sit for a deposition

August 29th:

• Minnesota Secretary of State Simon formally rejects request from Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, citing serious doubts about the Commission’s credibility and trustworthiness.