Re:Zuckerberg hires former Clinton pollster
by aaronbrethorst on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @09:32PM
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Spakovsky is probably the worst person in this country to quote on election fraud. I'm not being hyperbolic.
According to Professor Richard L. Hasen,
an election-law expert at the University
of California at Irvine, "there are number
of people who have been active in
promoting false and exaggerated claims
of voter fraud and using that as a pretext
to argue for stricter voting and registration
rules. And von Spakovsky’s at the top of the
list."[24] Hasen said that Spakovsky's
appointment to Donald Trump's Presidential
Advisory Commission on Election Integrity
was a “a big middle finger” from Trump to
people “serious about fixing problems with
our elections.”[24]
Finally, there’s Hans von Spakovsky. In the
Bush Justice Department, Department veterans
wrote that he was the “point person for
undermining the Civil Rights Division’s mandate
to protect voting rights.” He wanted DOJ to
give the thumbs up to several state voter ID
measures which critics said had a negative
impact on minority voters.
Former lawyers in the office said Mr.
Spakovsky’s decisions seemed to have a
partisan flavor unlike those in previous
Republican and Democratic administrations.
Mr. Spakovsky declined to comment.
Here's more:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/true-the-vote-signs-b... http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/12/washington/12fraud.html