Is the EAC too political?

by Adam Fogel // Published April 11, 2007
The New York Times reported today that the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) edited a report by voting experts "who concluded last year that there was little voter fraud around the nation." The final report claimed that the question of voter fraud was "open to debate."

The EAC was established by the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) in 2002 to conduct nonpartisan election research.

Though the original report said that among experts "there is widespread but not unanimous agreement that there is little polling place fraud," the final version of the report released to the public concluded in its executive summary that "there is a great deal of debate on the pervasiveness of fraud."
The topic of voter fraud, usually defined as people misrepresenting themselves at the polls or improperly attempting to register voters, remains a lively division between the two parties. It has played a significant role in the current Congressional investigation into the Bush administration"s firing of eight United States attorneys, several of whom, documents now indicate, were dismissed for being insufficiently aggressive in pursuing voter fraud cases.

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  • YESTERDAY--EAC Chair Donetta Davidson "issued a formal request to the commission's inspector general to conduct a review of the commission's contracting procedures, including a review of two recent projects focusing on voter identification and vote fraud and voter intimidation." After several letters from members of Congress questioning the EAC's transparency and politization, the EAC inspector general will review the commission's conduct and offer suggestions to ensure the commission does not suffer from these same problems in the future. Read the EAC Press Release

    Posted by Adam, 2007-04-17 16:31:47 (6 years ago)

  • The Times ran a follow-up story in today's paper. You can find it here: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/12/washington/12fraud.html?hp

    Posted by Adam, 2007-04-12 09:41:23 (6 years ago)