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President Trump launches commission on ‘election integrity’

President Trump launches commission on 'election integrity'

TIL Desk/World/Washington/ US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to establish a commission to review alleged voter fraud and voter suppression in the American election system.

Vice President Mike Pence has been named the chairman of the commission and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach as the vice-chair.

As per the executive order, the ‘Commission on Election Integrity’ will study vulnerabilities in voting systems used for federal elections that could lead to improper voter registrations, improper voting, fraudulent voter registrations, and fraudulent voting.

The commission will also study concerns about voter suppression, as well as other voting irregularities. The commission will utilise all available data, including state and federal databases. The commission is expected to issue a report in 2018.

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