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Trump Voter Commission's plan to smoke out fraud is flawed, say experts

Trump claimed that millions of illegal votes were cast in the 2016 presidential election

Donald Trump and his running mate Mike Pence addressing an election night rally in Manhattan, New York in 2016
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US President-elect Donald Trump and his running mate Mike Pence address their election night rally in Manhattan, New York

Jessica Huseman | ProPublica
Vice President Mike Pence’s office has confirmed the White House commission on voter fraud intends to run the state voter rolls it has requested against federal databases to check for potential fraudulent registration. Experts say the plan is certain to produce thousands of false positives that could distort the understanding of the potential for fraud, especially given the limited data states have agreed to turn over.

“This just demonstrates remarkable naivety on how this voter data can be used,” said David Becker, the executive director of the Center for Election Innovation & Research. “There’s absolutely no way that incomplete data from