The RNLA is currently reviewing and analyzing the Report
of the Recommendations of the Presidential Commission on Election
Administration released yesterday. The
RNLA intends to utilize the unique and broad experience of its members to
determine the merits of the Commissions various recommendations.
A few initial observations:
* We applaud the recommendations to “expanded
state collaboration in improving the accuracy of voter lists.”
* We have long saluted Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach for his efforts in this regard and we are glad to see that even Democrats such as Robert Bauer agree. However, as we have learned from the failures to meet the Help America Vote Act requirements all too often Democrats play “lip service” to improving the accuracy of voting lists but have no interest in actually improving voter lists.
* We have concerns about the one size
fits all nature of these proposals. As
House Administration Committee Chair and former Michigan Secretary of State
Congresswoman Candice Miller stated
in response to the report:
“The administration of
elections is inherently a state function so I do not believe that new
one-size-fits-all Washington mandates would be of assistance.”
* An example of this occurred in the briefing on the report’s release yesterday at George Washington University when Mr. Bauer talked about how they heard only “bipartisan unanimous support for expanding early voting.” Then in response to a question, Mr. Bauer discussed the vehement opposition to any early voting of Democrat New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner. So much for unanimous support.
In the coming
weeks, RNLA will have a detailed response to this over 100 page document.
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