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    To the Point

    US elections and 'voter fraud'

    President Trump claims that three million people voted illegally last year, and he's established a Commission on Election Integrity . Vice President Mike Pence is the Chair, but the major work is being done by Vice Chair Kris Kobach, Kansas Secretary of State — and candidate for Governor next year.

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    By Warren Olney • Jul 6, 2017 • 1 min read

    President Trump claims that three million people voted illegally last year, and he's established a Commission on Election Integrity. Vice President Mike Pence is the Chair, but the major work is being done by Vice Chair Kris Kobach, Kansas Secretary of State — and candidate for Governor next year. Its demands for massive amounts of information have led to reports that officials of 44 states claim violations of states' rights and protections of personal privacy. But Commission leaders insist that all's well -- even though Mississippi's Republican Secretary of State told them to "jump in the Gulf of Mexico."

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Sáša Woodruff

      Producer, 'To the Point'

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      Andrea Brody

      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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      Yael Even Or

      Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Ari Berman

      voting rights reporter for Mother Jones, author of “Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People ― and the Fight to Resist It”

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      Justin Levitt

      Loyola Law School

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      Derek Muller

      Pepperdine University

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    The full episode

    2 of 3
    Is Trump's voting commission really about election integrity?
    1. 1:24Trump triumphs in speech in Warsaw, Poland
    2. 8:00US elections and 'voter fraud'You’re reading this
    3. 40:56Now disarmed, what will Colombia's FARC rebels do next?
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