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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,112 posts)
Wed Jul 5, 2017, 08:15 PM Jul 2017

Voter fraud commission may have violated law

President Trump’s voter fraud commission may have violated the law by ignoring federal requirements governing requests for information from states, several experts on the regulatory process told The Hill.

Experts say the failure to submit the request to states through the Office of Management and Budget’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) violates a 1980 law known as the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). They also say the failure could be significant, since states could argue it means they are under no obligation to respond.

“If the commission gets heavy-handed with them, it seems to me that the states are within their right to say, no, we don’t have to respond because you didn’t go through [OIRA],” said Susan Dudley, a former OIRA administrator who is now director of the GW Regulatory Studies Center at George Washington University.

The Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity asked all 50 states and the District of Columbia for extensive information last week on their voters, including full names and addresses, political party registration and the last four digits of Social Security numbers.

http://thehill.com/regulation/other/340738-voter-fraud-commission-may-have-violated-law?rnd=1499292453

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Voter fraud commission may have violated law (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2017 OP
The Voter Fraud "Commission" is About Purging Voter Rolls dlk Jul 2017 #1
And the hits just keep on coming... Wounded Bear Jul 2017 #2
Running Tally of Laws Potentially Broken by Pence-Kobach Commission, or By Commissioners Gothmog Jul 2017 #3
Cool! sheshe2 Jul 2017 #4
They don't know there IS a law and they're too dumb to ask. Shrike47 Jul 2017 #5
True dat! sheshe2 Jul 2017 #6
From Ari Berman Gothmog Jul 2017 #8
Boom! sheshe2 Jul 2017 #9
Kick. dalton99a Jul 2017 #7

dlk

(11,439 posts)
1. The Voter Fraud "Commission" is About Purging Voter Rolls
Wed Jul 5, 2017, 08:23 PM
Jul 2017

The Republicans, fearing democracy and the will of the voters, are using several paths to continue stealing elections. No one should be fooled.

Gothmog

(144,005 posts)
3. Running Tally of Laws Potentially Broken by Pence-Kobach Commission, or By Commissioners
Wed Jul 5, 2017, 08:27 PM
Jul 2017

I follow a couple of law blogs and I found this to be amusing http://electionlawblog.org/?p=93592

Hatch Act (Kobach only) (Kobach also sanctioned for misleading court on voting info, but not as part of commission)
Federal Advisory Commissions Act
Paperwork Reduction Act
Federal privacy laws (Judge Kollar-Kotelly wants response, including knowing who is on Commission) (Chris Geidner with pleadings)
More to come?

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