From: To: Camden Hybart (b) (6) Camden.Hybart@usdoj.gov Cc: Bcc: Subject: Date: Attachments: Fwd: voter fraud commission Fri Mar 03 2017 16:17:24 EST Balch_Logo_17db8ea2-760c-49c3-b0ff-19f80bb6a179.jpg ---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Peggi Hanrahan (b) (6) Date: Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 9:10 PM Subject: Fwd: voter fraud commission To: Sessions Jefferson (b) (6) From Ed Haden Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: "Haden, Ed" Date: February 22, 2017 at 8:50:14 PM EST To: Peggi Hanrahan (b) (6) Subject: Fwd: voter fraud commission Peggi: Please give this to JBS. Ed Sent from my iPhone [[image]] Ed R. Haden, Partner, Balch & Bingham LLP 1901 Sixth Avenue North * Suite 1500 * Birmingham, AL 35203-4642 t: (205) 226-8795 f: (205) 488-5648 e: ehaden@balch.com www.balch.com Begin forwarded message: From: "von Spakovsky, Hans" > Date: February 22, 2017 at 7:36:03 PM CST To: "Mr. Charles J. Cooper" (b) (6) > Cc: Christian Adams (b) (6) Subject: voter fraud commission , Ed Haden Chuck, Ed, Christian got a very disturbing phone call about the voter fraud commission that Vice President Pence is heading. We are told that the members of this commission are to be named on Tuesday. We're also hearing that they are going to make this bipartisan and include Democrats. There isn't a single Democratic official that will do anything other than obstruct any investigation of voter fraud and issue constant public announcements criticizing the commission and what it is doing, making claims that it is engaged in voter suppression. That decision alone shows how little the WHouse understands about this issue. There are only a handful of real experts on the conservative side on this issue and not a single one of them (including Christian and me) have been called other than Kris Kobach, Secretary of State of Kansas. And we are told that some consider him too "controversial " to be on the commission If they are picking mainstream Republican officials and/or academics to man this commission it will be an abject failure because there aren't any that know anything about this or who have paid any attention to this issue over the years. Christian and I are concerned that this commission is being organized in a way that will guarantee its failure. We are astonished that no one in the WH has even bothered to consult with us or John Fund despite the fact that the three of us have written more on the voter fraud issue than anyone in the country on our side of the political aisle. I think you know from the white paper we sent you that based on our experience we have thought long and hard about what needs to be done. (b) (6) My cell is (b) (6) if you need to reach me. Hans von Spakovsky Manager, Election Law Reform Initiative and Senior Legal Fellow Institute for Constitutional Government The Heritage Foundation 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 202-608-6207 heritage.org __________ ______________________________-__ CONFIDENTIALITY: This email and any attachments may be confidential and/or privileged and are therefore protected against copying, use, disclosure or distribution. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately by replying to the sender and double deleting this copy and the reply from your system.