Why Won’t Biden Explain Why He’s Getting Federal Agencies To Meddle In Local Elections?The Biden administration’s silence is an attempt to get America to look the other way while they illegally involve themselves in state elections.BY: CHASE MARTIN
MAY 06, 2022
Despite promises of transparency, the Biden administration is hiding its plans to undermine state control over election laws. Last spring, the White House issued Executive Order (EO) 14019, “Promoting Access to Voting.” The EO required every federal agency to submit a plan to register voters and encourage voter participation. It also required agencies to form strategies to invite non-governmental third parties to register voters.
To date, few details have been released—and naturally, there are questions. What will these plans involve? To what degree and why will federal agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Defense, the Bureau of Land Management, and others be involved in get-out-the-vote drives? Who will determine that third parties selected to register voters are appropriately non-partisan?
The Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) responded to rising concerns about the ambiguity and radio silence on the details of this EO by submitting a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request in July 2021. We wanted answers to completely reasonable questions about the EO, but the administration ignored our FOIA request.
To date, no federal agency has responded with the records we requested. What is the administration trying to hide?
We’ve got an answer: Their silence is an attempt to get America to look the other way while they illegally involve themselves in state elections, which is far, far beyond the constitutional purview of the executive branch.
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Source:
https://thefederalist.com/2022/05/06/why-wont-biden-explain-why-hes-getting-federal-agencies-to-meddle-in-local-elections/
