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GAO to Investigate Presidential Voter Commission Following Booker-Bennet-Klobuchar Letter

Press Release

Date: Oct. 26, 2017
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Government Operations

In response to a letter from U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Michael Bennet (D-CO), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) confirmed it will investigate the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity.

Last week, the senators wrote to the GAO urging its investigation of the Commission's motives and the influence of its work. On October 25, the GAO accepted the request "as work that is within the scope of its authority." The GAO anticipates the review will begin in about five months.

Earlier this year, Booker -- along with the Chairs of the Congressional Black Caucus, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus -- introduced legislation that would repeal President Trump's Executive Order establishing the Commission. At that time, Booker called the Commission a "sham…all to appease his [Trump's] enormous insecurity about the fact that he lost the popular vote by a sum of 2.9 million Americans."


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