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Amaryllis

(9,523 posts)
Sun May 14, 2017, 06:35 PM May 2017

Hannity's Interview With Kris Kobach Proves Election Commission Is About Voter Suppression

Sean Hannity’s interview with Kris Kobach, who was chosen as vice chair on President Donald Trump’s commission on “election integrity,” was filled with myths about voter fraud, voter intimidation, and undocumented immigrants, confirming that the entire commission is really about finding ways to suppress voter access.

On May 11, Trump signed an executive order establishing a bipartisan “Presidential Commission on Election Integrity” tasked with investigating alleged voter fraud in the voting system. It was announced that Vice President Mike Pence and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach will serve as chair and vice chair of the commission. Kobach has a history of extremism, ties to white supremacists, and promotion of misinformation on immigration and voting issues. During a May 11 an interview on Sean Hannity’s radio program, Kobach promoted multiple debunked myths about the issue of voter fraud, including the racist, bogus story about ‘voter intimidation’ at a polling place in Philadelphia.

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"KRIS KOBACH: So what this order does is something that’s never really been done before and that is establishing national nationwide entity to collect data on the issue of voter fraud and election integrity. I have seen examples and many cases of voter fraud in Kansas and that’s one of the reasons we adopted photo ID laws and proof of citizenship laws. You know, I only see what’s in my state, and other secretaries of state and election officials only see what’s in their state and this commission will gather data on a nationwide level and present facts to inform the debate and inform the public of how big this problem is, what the numbers are and people can draw their conclusions and we’ll go where the facts lead us."

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more here:
https://www.mediamatters.org/video/2017/05/11/hannitys-interview-kris-kobach-proves-election-commission-about-voter-suppression/216416

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angstlessk

(11,862 posts)
3. That voter 'intimidation' of which they spout...
Sun May 14, 2017, 07:23 PM
May 2017

was in a predominately black housing project who voted 506 to 13 for Obama...but not because of intimidation...actual registration for that district is 5,040 Democrats to 276 repugs...who are those black panthers gonna scare? That gop poll watcher who was there to film it...but they didn't even scare him...he filmed at will for as long as he wanted!

5. Kobach: "Facts" will be presented to the public to inform them how "big" the problem is
Sun May 14, 2017, 09:28 PM
May 2017

I want the research to be done independently, and to include voter suppression efforts. Probably not gonna happen, though. It sounds like Kobach and his merry band have already made their minds up. They'll use the commission to institute national voter I.D. standards.

Amaryllis

(9,523 posts)
6. Kobach is the architect of Interstate Crosscheck, now used in 30 states, and used to purge hundreds
Sun May 14, 2017, 09:51 PM
May 2017

of thousands of voters from registration databases under the guise of eliminating people who are voting twice. See Gregpalast.com

world wide wally

(21,719 posts)
7. If he has seen "many cases of voting fraud in Kansas", it must have been committed by Republicans
Mon May 15, 2017, 02:31 AM
May 2017

They control the whole state!

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