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Kobach’s Bogus ‘Proof’ of Voter Fraud

Kris Kobach, vice chairman of the Presidential Commission on Election Integrity, claims to have "proof" of voter fraud in New Hampshire that may have swung a U.S. Senate election in favor of the Democrats. He doesn't. The post Kobach’s Bogus ‘Proof’ of Voter Fraud appeared first on FactCheck.org.

Kris Kobach, vice chairman of the Presidential Commission on Election Integrity, claims to have “proof” of voter fraud in New Hampshire that’s widespread enough to have swung a U.S. Senate election in favor of the Democrats. He doesn’t.

Kobach’s proof? He says several thousand people who registered to vote on Election Day with an out-of-state driver’s license have not since registered a car or gotten a driver’s license in New Hampshire.

But that’s no smoking gun. It is plausible, in fact likely, that most of those voters were college students who are allowed by state law to vote in New Hampshire even though they only live in the state part of the year.

Kobach’s baseless allegation came ahead of the commission’s second public meeting on Sept. 12 in New Hampshire. Kobach will chair the meeting.

“It has long been reported, anecdotally, that out-of-staters take advantage of New Hampshire’s same-day registration and head to the Granite State to cast fraudulent votes,” Kobach, the Kansas secretary of state, wrote in an opinion piece for Breitbart on Sept. 7. “Now there’s proof.”

As we said, Kobach doesn’t have the goods. But here’s his argument:

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