As Trump makes new, unfounded claims about voter fraud and mail-in voting, it’s worth looking back on the colossal trainwreck of his administration’s first efforts to prove voter fraud. Read an excerpt from David Daley's book, 'Unrigged'
and mail-in voting, it’s worth looking back on the colossal train wreck of his administration’s first efforts to prove voter fraud, a Kobach-led commission forced to close down without confirming a single example. It began that afternoon when Kobach took his place on the portico next to Trump, with the assembled international media looking on, Kobach’s view all flashbulbs, manicured lawns, a spectacular tiered fountain.
The rug makes for a rather jarring sight. As Maine’s secretary of state, Dunlap is responsible for administering elections, the state archives, and the department of motor vehicles. His office runs student mock elections and the Eighth Grade Citizenship Awards. You’d expect a rug displaying the state seal, perhaps walls covered in license plates — especially since Dunlap, balding and bespectacled, looks like a secretary of state. The actor who played Kevin oncould portray him in the movie.
The first clue came in June 2017, when Kobach, in the name of the commission, demanded voluminous voter data from all 50 state election officials, including Social Security numbers, party registration and voting history. This came as a surprise to Dunlap and other commissioners, who’d reminded Kobach on a conference call just the day before how zealously secretaries of state protected that data.
Instead, his letter got no reaction from either Kobach or the vice president’s office. “Silence,” he says. “If they had handed me a bunch of binders, I probably would have been satisfied. But they didn’t do that.” Ten days later, he got an email from Pence’s office. They were reviewing his request with legal counsel. For the rst time, but not for the last, Dunlap wondered if he was even actually on the commission.
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