is there any way in your mind that this commission can be used for something positive? do you think that we have a big voter fraud problem in america? you know, for that purpose, no. i don t think especially this compiling this list of voter registration information is going to get us anywhere close to uncovering a widespread conspiracy to commit voter fraud. i was a county official here in new mexico before i became secretary of state. i know what voter fraud looks like. it s minor and rare and it happens very infrequently. to say there s some widespread conspiracy to commit voter fraud, not only can we not prove that in terms of what we ve seen happening at the individual level of voting in this country, but this voter registration database is going to create more questions than answers. i don t think that s the direction this commission should
secretary of state, who calls the state s complaints complete nonsense. we re looking at all forms of election irregularities, voter fraud, suppression. reporter: he s hunted vote cha cheaters back home for months but found a dozen. he is a champion for voter id laws, which many see as a way to suppress minority votes. and he was fined by a federal judge in kansas last week for his conduct in a lawsuit involving voting rights. connecticut s take? given the secretary s history, we find it very difficult to have confidence in the work of this commission. underlying it all is this simple fact, there is simply no credible evidence that there s ever been a widespread voter fraud problem. that s adding, clearly, to the hesitancy of many of these states. tom foreman, cnn, washington.
commission, he chose kansas secretary of state crisco back who calls the state s complaint complete nonsense. we re looking at all forms of election irregularity, vaert fraud, intimidation, suppression. he s zealously hunted vote cheaters at home for months yet found less than a dozen provable cases out of 1.5 million voters. once more he s a champion for voter i.d. laws which many skeptics consider a way to spresz minority votes. and he was fined by a federal judge in kansas just last week for his conduct in a lawsuit involving voting rights. connecticut state, given the secretary s history, we find it very difficult to have confidence in the work of this commission. underlying it all is this simple fact. there is simply no credible echd that there s ever been a widespread voter fraud problem. that s adding clearly to the hesitancy of many of these
for his conduct in a lawsuit involving voting rights. connecticut state giving secretary kobach s history, we find it very difficult to have confidence in the work of this it commission. underlying it all is this fact, there s no credible evidence that there s ever been a widespread voter fraud problem. that s adding clearly to the hesitancy from many of these states. tom foreman, cnn. coming up, what s right and wrong with obamacare. the gop s health care bill. former health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius will join us with her take and why she calls the gop effort quote a very cruel war on the poor.
secretary koback s history we find it very difficult to have confidence in the work of this commission. underlying it all is this simple fact. there is simple no credible evidence that there s ever been a widespread voter fraud problem. process that s adding clearly to the hesitancy of many of the states. tom foreman, cnn, washington. thanks for that, tom. one side of the political spectrum you have accusations of voter fraud. the other side has concerns about privacy and voter suppression. we get both sides now joining us cnn political commentator ben ferguson, hofrt of ben ferguson show and zach petcannisp a spokeman for the hillary clinton campaign. ben to you critics say this panel will be used to restrict voting, access to voting. why should we truss the commission. one this commission would not have the power to decide what states do and what they decide to do when it comes to what id s