Tag: Voter Registration

Spieles said he acted alone, and was not told by anyone else in the party to create fake voters. (iStock by Getty Images)

Virginia college student gets 100 days in jail for registering dead voters for Democrats

Sean Langille · August 10, 2017 5:25 pm

The Department of Justice has reversed itself in a voting case in Ohio after the Supreme Court said in May it would hear the dispute next term. (AP Photo/Al Behrman, File)

Justice Department reverses position in Ohio voting rights case

Kelly Cohen · August 8, 2017 3:42 pm

It is another court win for the commission. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Judge allows Trump’s voter fraud commission to continue collecting state data

Ariella Phillips · July 25, 2017 12:15 am

".@POTUS's voter fraud commission wants to suppress the right to vote and discredit our Democratic process," tweeted Durbin, the No. 2-ranking Senate Democrat. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

National Security

Dick Durbin: Trump’s voter commission is ‘what Putin wants’

Al Weaver · July 23, 2017 6:41 pm

"You still won't know if they voted for Trump, Clinton, or someone else." (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Kris Kobach: ‘We may never know’ if Clinton won the popular vote

Caitlin Yilek · July 19, 2017 7:15 pm

The head of the DNC said Trump's commission is a "propaganda factory." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Tom Perez: Greater likelihood of being struck by lightning than witnessing voter fraud

Sean Langille · July 19, 2017 4:58 pm

President Trump's voting fraud commission said it plans to study vulnerabilities in the federal election system that could lead to voter fraud, but Democrats believe the panel only exists to suppress voters. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

DNC voting rights panel vows to push back against Trump voter fraud commission

Melissa Quinn · July 19, 2017 4:56 pm

A federal judge denied an injunction sought by a civil rights organization. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Judge rules Trump’s voter fraud commission does not have to hold open meeting

Ariella Phillips · July 19, 2017 12:59 am

Democrats are calling on Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, the vice chair of President Trump's voter fraud commission, to step down from the panel. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Democrats demand Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach removal from Trump’s voter fraud commission

Melissa Quinn · July 18, 2017 3:55 pm

Kris Kobach, the vice chair of President Trump's voter fraud commission, indicated to the Trump transition team last year he was readying a proposal to change federal law to allow the implementation of a proof-of-citizenship requirement during the voter registration process. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach wanted proof-of-citizenship requirements during voter registration

Melissa Quinn · July 17, 2017 5:33 pm

At least two county clerks have seen registrations withdrawn. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Hundreds of voter registrations withdrawn in Colorado after state signals compliance with Trump election commission: Report

Ariella Phillips · July 8, 2017 6:13 pm

Chertoff says the commission's ambition to create a database of personal information from all voting Americans could entice criminal actors. (AP Photo/Jeff Zelevansky)

National Security

Michael Chertoff: Trump voter fraud commission’s request for data could harm national security

Josh Siegel · July 6, 2017 3:28 am