Priorities: Dem Rep. Elijah Cummings investigating anti-voter-fraud group True the Vote

The Maryland representative, who sits on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, has evidently taken a page from Cher’s book of crazy and set his sights on the Texas-based True the Vote campaign. True the Vote’s platform revolves around mind-blowing concepts like election integrity and voter ID laws, and Cummings believes that’s just downright un-American. This past Friday, he sent a letter to True the Vote’s founder and president Catherine Engelbrecht informing her that he would be launching an investigation into her organization. Because nothing’s fishier than a group that combats voter fraud:

Cummings’ letter details how numerous groups affiliated with True the Vote are engaging in a coordinated campaign to challenge legitimate voters across the country, including in Ohio, Wisconsin, North Carolina, and Maryland, although local and state election officials have repeatedly determined that these challenges are baseless.

As a result, legitimate voters—through no fault of their own—often receive letters from local election officials notifying them that their registrations have been challenged and requiring them to take steps to remedy false accusations against them.

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In his letter, Cummings requests that Engelbrecht provide information about the data True the Vote uses to challenge voter registrations, the training provided to volunteers, and how True the Vote determines where to deploy resources in select jurisdictions.

These are the documents Cummings has requested:

(1) a list of all individual voter registration challenges by state, county, and precinct submitted to governmental election entities, including correspondence and determinations by election officials relating to each challenge;

(2) copies of all letters sent to states, counties, or other entities alleging non-compliance with the National Voter Registration Act for failing to conduct voter registration list maintenance prior to the November elections;
(3) a list of voter registration rolls by state, county, and precinct that True the Vote is currently reviewing for potential challenges;