Trump's election commission holds 1st meeting amid pushback, legal challenges
Source: ABC News
By LAUREN PEARLE DAKSHAYANI SHANKAR
Jul 18, 2017, 11:06 PM ET
President Donald Trump's controversial Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity will hold its first meeting Wednesday morning amid pushback from state election officials and legal challenges from privacy and civil rights groups.
Through an executive order signed on May 11, the president created the commission "in order to promote fair and honest Federal elections," according to the order. The commission will review "improper" and "fraudulent" voter registration and voting.
Critics of the newly-formed panel say that its true purpose is to validate repeated false claims by Trump that millions of people voted illegally in the 2016 presidential election, and that its review could lead to restrictive voting laws that will suppress votes nationwide.
The commission is headed by Vice President Mike Pence and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, both Republicans. Seven of the commission members are Republican, and five are Democrats.
Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trumps-election-commission-holds-1st-meeting-amid-pushback/story?id=48713462
OK. Who took Kris Kobach's lips? Put them back, no questions asked.
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