Trump to sign order launching voter fraud commission

He framed reforms as an effort to thwart participation by immigrants living in the US illegally.

Voter fraud, of course, is extremely rare, and in the few cases that do exist, voter ID requirements are unlikely to stop it.

In a statement, Simon continued, "Vice President Pence serves a president who still falsely and irresponsibly insists that millions of ineligible votes were cast in the last election". He lost the popular vote, however, by almost 3 million votes, tainting his win with the stain of illegitimacy and suggesting that, even in victory, he isn't the "winner" he imagines. Bonney said that once the discovery issues in the case are resolved, the focus will shift back to that goal.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss details ahead of a formal announcement.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order, creating a commission to investigate voter integrity and to provide data collected from all 50 states involving cases of voter fraud.

"The sole objective of this commission is to propagate a myth and to give encouragement to Republican governors and state legislators to increase voter suppression", said Vermont Sen. We need an independent commission or a special prosecutor to provide a thorough, honest, transparent and expeditious independent investigation of the president's and his team's ties to Russian Federation to restore Americans' faith in democracy. After winning the election, he told members of Congress that between 3 million and 5 million unauthorized immigrants voted illegally for Hillary Clinton, costing him the popular vote.

Trump fired James Comey this week from his position leading the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which was investigating allegations of coordination between the Russian government and the 2016 Trump campaign. "He fired the person investigating a real threat to election integrity, and set up a probe of an imaginary threat".

But here's what isn't a problem, fortunately: out-and-out voter fraud, in which people intentionally register in multiple jurisdictions in hopes of casting more than one ballot, or who register to vote despite knowing they are ineligible to do so. He has secured conviction of nine people since July 2015. "This is a distraction that is meant to create a narrative to support efforts on the federal level and in states that could make voting harder, particularly for voters of color". Kobach's involvement shows that this is a deadly serious enterprise, one whose goal is to take Republican vote suppression efforts nationwide. North Carolina's audit of its 2016 election results found 508 illegal votes out of 4.8 million. "This is an important part of our effort to make Kansas elections the most secure in the nation", Kobach said. Trump supporter Joe Walsh said, "Let's fix it", and others echoed that sentiment despite the complexity of the issue at the state level. Kelly Ayotte would have won in New Hampshire if not for voters bused in from out of state.

Picking up on themes advanced by President Barack Obama's administration, Trump's order also requires agency heads to use Commerce Department guidelines to manage risk to their systems. Standing with the president-elect in New Jersey, Kobach was photographed exposing the first page of his strategic plan.

Kobach has argued that the documents are protected by Trump's executive privilege. In addition, the federal judge ordered Kobach to surrender a draft of proposed changes to the National Voter Registration Act.