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Trump voter fraud commission sued by one of its own members, alleging Democrats are being kept in the dark

The following article by John Wagner was posted on the Washington Post website November 9, 2017:

President Trump’s voter fraud commission was sued Thursday morning by one of its Democratic members, who alleged that he has been kept in the dark about its operations, rendering his participation “essentially meaningless.”

Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap said in a complaint filed in federal court that the 11-member panel is in violation of a federal law that requires presidential advisory commissions to be both balanced and transparent in their work.

“The Commission has, in effect, not been balanced because Secretary Dunlap and the other Democratic commissioners have been excluded from the Commission’s work,” says the complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. “The Commission’s operations have not been open and transparent, not even to the commissioners themselves, who have been deprived access to documents prepared by and viewed by other commissioners.” Continue reading “Trump voter fraud commission sued by one of its own members, alleging Democrats are being kept in the dark”

Democrats on Trump’s voter fraud commission urge leaders to be more transparent

The following article by Kurtis Lee was posted on the Los Angeles Times website October 25, 2017:

President Trump’s voter fraud commission, launched by executive order in May with the stated goal of restoring confidence and integrity in the electoral process, is now confronted with pushback from an unlikely group: its own members.

Two Democrats on the bipartisan commission sent letters to leaders of the panel last week condemning a lack of transparency.

“I honestly do not know what’s going on with the commission,” Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap, the author of one of the letters, said on Wednesday. “This very much concerns me.” Continue reading “Democrats on Trump’s voter fraud commission urge leaders to be more transparent”

Trump voting commission allegedly uses personal email for government business

The following article by Kira Lerner was posted on the Think Progress website September 6, 2017:

Where have we heard this before?

VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE, LEFT, ACCOMPANIED BY VICE-CHAIR KANSAS SECRETARY OF STATE KRIS KOBACH, RIGHT, SPEAKS DURING THE FIRST MEETING OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COMMISSION ON ELECTION INTEGRITY AT THE EISENHOWER EXECUTIVE OFFICE BUILDING ON THE WHITE HOUSE COMPLEX IN WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2017. CREDIT: AP PHOTO/ANDREW HARNIK

Plaintiffs in a lawsuit against President Trump’s voting commission are alleging that co-chair Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R) and other commissioners are committing the same offense that haunted Hillary Clinton’s campaign for the presidency: using private email for government business.

In a court filing Tuesday, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law claims that members of the commission “have been using personal email accounts rather than federal government systems to conduct Commission work.” The complaint alleges that use of non-government email would violate the Presidential Records Act.

“Defendants’ counsel further stated they did not yet have any settled plan for how they would collect emails from these personal, non-federal government systems, or even who would conduct the searches,” the filing notes, adding that it’s “critically important” that the emails from personal accounts are logged in the same way as government emails. Continue reading “Trump voting commission allegedly uses personal email for government business”