...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.[Trump’s Advisory Commission on Election Integrity] has all but disappeared publicly.
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The commission has met just twice formally.
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Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap and Alabama judge Alan King recently wrote letters to the commission’s staff complaining about the secrecy.
“I don’t know when the next meetings are or how many meetings there will be,” the judge told the Associated Press.
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The commission ran into immediate problems last summer when it asked for voter data from all 50 states. Several states denounced the request and refused to comply in whole or in part.
Lawsuits followed. By mid-July, the Washington Post reported, at least seven plaintiffs had sued the commission, including the ACLU, the NAACP, and the Electronic Privacy Information Center. The cases are winding their way through the courts.
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The lack of public discussion does not mean the commission isn’t working privately, of course.
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Perhaps the commission is fading into well-deserved oblivion.
We’re more worried. The commission’s lack of transparency and visible accomplishment could be a smoke-screen designed to protect it from criticism and embarrassment until next year, when it can drop dubious recommendations and unsubstantiated claims just weeks before the mid-term elections.
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Several Senate Democrats are fed up. They wrote the Government Accountability Office in October, asking for a review of the commission’s activities. They want to know how much the commission costs, whether it’s following federal rules and how it’s doing its work.
GAO has agreed to the review.
Kansas City.com
UPDATE 11/9:
Matthew Dunlap, Maine Secretary of State and member of the Commission is suing the Commission for access to necessary documents. Crazy.
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