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WASHINGTON — Alabama Rep. Terri Sewell will serve as vice chair of a new Democratic “watchdog” panel set up to counter President Donald Trump’s new election fraud commission.
The Democratic National Committee announced plans last Thursday to create a commission to “discredit” Trump’s presidential advisory group.
“I don’t think that we can trust this administration when it comes to protecting voting rights or for getting the facts right when it comes to incidences of voter fraud,” Sewell said Tuesday. “The point of this commission is really to serve as a check to president Trump’s (advisory group). It is our way of making sure that the real facts get out when it comes to issues of voting. We know that voter suppression occurs way more than voter fraud.”
Earlier this month, Trump signed an executive order setting up a commission to study his allegations of voter fraud in the 2016 presidential election. Trump has claimed there were 3 million to 5 million fraudulent votes.
Sewell, voting rights groups and state election officials have disputed claims of massive voter fraud.
The White House has said it’s important to look into "vulnerabilities" in election systems, including voter fraud. Vice President Mike Pence is chairman of Trump’s bipartisan “Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity." Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who has pushed for tighter election laws, will be the commission's vice chair.
Tom Perez, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, called Trump’s commission a “sham.”
“Our commission will be ready to counter every move that the Trump administration makes to silence eligible voters,” he said in a statement. “We simply cannot trust Trump, Jeff Sessions, or anyone in this administration to protect the integrity of our democracy.”
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