Jan 06 Watch 3:32 Trump’s short-lived voting fraud commission had no impact on election laws By PBS NewsHour President Trump this week dissolved the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, a body that was supposed to root out and prevent suspected voter fraud after Trump’s unverified claim that “millions of people who voted illegally” cost him the popular… Continue watching
Jan 03 Trump signs order disbanding voter fraud commission By Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has signed an executive order disbanding his voter fraud commission. Continue reading
Nov 09 Trump’s voter fraud commission is now facing a lawsuit from one of its members By Christina A. Cassidy, Associated Press A member of President Donald Trump's commission on voter fraud sued in federal court on Thursday, alleging that the commission is violating federal law by excluding him and others from participating in the work of the commission. Continue reading
Oct 24 What’s become of Trump’s voter fraud commission? Even some of its members aren’t sure By Ellis Kim The vice chairman of President Donald Trump’s voter fraud commission said the group will meet again in the “next few months."… Continue reading
Sep 08 Senators want New Hampshire secretary of state to leave Trump voter panel By Holly Ramer, Associated Press Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan say fellow Democrat Bill Gardner should step down because the panel's vice chairman is misleading the public by using irrelevant data to rehash false claims. Continue reading
Aug 09 Trump’s voter fraud commission could create target for hackers, critics say By Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press "Coordinating a national voter registration system located in the White House is akin to handing a zip drive to Russia," said Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes, a Democrat who has refused to send data to the commission. Continue reading
Jul 20 Watch 41:09 How Russia hacked American faith in the democratic process By PBS NewsHour What did the Russian government really do to the American voting process and confidence in its efforts to meddle with the 2016 election? A new cover story for TIME magazine takes a deep dive into the lengths at which the… Continue watching
Jul 19 Watch 8:50 How state election officials see Trump’s voter fraud probe By PBS NewsHour President Trump’s claim that millions of illegal votes were cast in the 2016 election is unsubstantiated, but his Commission on Election Integrity is still charged with investigating the matter. What do state officials who actually run elections think? William Brangham… Continue watching
Jul 19 What could Trump’s election commission do with voter data? By Amanda Wilcox The Presidential Commission on Election Integrity's request that states send voter roll data to the White House has faced a sweeping bipartisan backlash. Here's a closer look at the commission, how voter data is handled across the country, and how… Continue reading
Jul 19 WATCH: President Trump criticizes states withholding voter info By Associated Press President Donald Trump kicked off his voter fraud commission's first meeting Wednesday by criticizing states that failed to comply with the commission's requests to turn over voter information. Continue reading