Updates | The Week of May 29, 2017
Helen Klein Murillo // 6/4/17 //
President Trump’s Commission on Election Integrity is a sham that poses an actual threat to American democracy, argues Jason Kander (CNN).
- Texas officials in counties with large non-citizen populations have seen no evidence of voter fraud in the 2016 election, despite Trump’s persistent claims to the contrary (Texas Monthly).
The Supreme Court granted certiorari this week in the Ohio voter rolls purge procedure case, which could have major impacts on voting rights across the country, explains Matt Ford (The Atlantic).
A new Democratic super PAC, the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, has launched a campaign to combat GOP-tilted gerrymandering, reports Eliza Newlin Carney (The American Prospect).