Kris Kobach and His Inaccurate Accusations

    The article in the New York Times written by their editorial board is on the subject of the presidential election back in 2016. Last year Hillary Clinton won New Hampshire, a competitive state that leans democratic, by 0.3% points. The Kansas Secretary of State and Vice Chairman of the Presidential Commission on Election Integrity, Kris Kobach, claimed that there was voter fraud in the New Hampshire election, in his latest column for Breitbart.

      The article has a misleading title, for starters. When reading the article, I realized that the title does not represent the content well. Or rather, the author phrased it wrong. As a muggle who doesn’t even know who Kris Kobach is, the title “Kris Kobach and His 5,313 Fraudulent Voters” gives off a negative vibe towards Mr. Kobach. Whereas the article is essentially criticizing the circumstantial evidence that Mr. Kobach offers in his post, it is not about his having 5,313 illegal voters. In fact, he doesn’t have an army of a few thousand illegal voters like it initially came across to be. What he did do was make irresponsible accusations against New Hampshire regarding the illicit votes that had allegedly happened.

     With the purpose being convincing the readers to doubt Mr. Kobach and his accusations, the article also presents the hidden details that Mr. Kobach had omitted when trying to expose the fraudulent New Hampshirite voters. “New Hampshire law does not require people to be residents to register and vote. They must only be domiciled in the state, meaning that New Hampshire is where they currently live and spend most of their time – a description that applies to college students. In 2016, the towns with the highest rates of voters who registered using out-of-state IDs were all home to college campuses” (New York Times). By giving those statements, the readers are informed about what Mr. Kobach had left out from his “evidence” after inaccurate readings of the state law and data.