A timeline, it appears, has been set for the shady “elections integrity” commission that President Trump created after making bogus claims of millions of illegal votes cast in the 2016 election.
The commission, which was unveiled with an executive order last week, will have its first meeting in July, with a report expected within a year, according to Associated Press profile of Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R), the proponent of restrictive laws who is vice chair of the commission.
Civil rights groups are already concerned that the commission — which so far is made up mostly of Republicans who have a history of exaggerating the prevalence of voter fraud — will put the cart before the horse and cherrypick examples of elections irregularities to justify recommendations for proposals that make it tougher to vote.
The American Civil Liberties Union filed an opens records request with Kobach’s office, and the offices of some of the other commissioners, seeking any documents suggesting that they are working on policy proposals before their probe of elections issues is complete, according to the AP.
This is how they try to cheat democracy and stay in power in 2018 and beyond.
Despite the multiple investigations going on, the most important thing for our country now is Democrats retaking the House in 2018. If we fail to do that, things could get very dire.
And this commission is the top threat to that goal, IMO. Its sole purpose is to find ways to prevent Democrats from voting, especially dark-skinned and lower-income Democrats.
This guy is one of the typical useful idiot true believers that the GOP seems to have in abundance these days. Where the hell do they come from? - is this what you get when you are raised on a steady diet of FOX news and the Republican leadership of the last 40 years? I have a hard time figuring these guys out - their insanity approaches religious fervor on most issues in the public square, it has nothing to do with normal governance and compromise. Is it ideology or money?
I agree with the previous posters - there is nothing more dangerous to our democracy going on right now, even with Trump as president.
Kobach is a White Supremacist, it’s as simple as that. He has made it his life’s work to limit the vote among minorities. He carries the torch for those who came before him – the poll taxers, lynchers, intimidators, and Confederates. He is a truly evil man, like his bosses, and should be treated like we treat David Duke or Louis Farrakhan.
I think we need to get to the bottom of these voting irregularities and fraud and put a stop to them.
How else could a man who is functionally illiterate be put in the White House in the 21st century? Fraud is the only possible explanation.
Good to see that they’re on it. I’m sure nothing but good things will come of this.
We’re not a complete autocracy…yet.