Reports eh?

This is one of Donald Trump's latest tweets, publicizing a story from the One America News Network

The "reports" cited in the article come from a self-described "non-partisan" non-profit known as the Election Integrity Project California.  Here is a list of their board members:

Linda Paine - President

Ruth Weiss, Vice President Director, Legislative Oversight Coordinator, Southern Region

Bonnie Lanyon, Treasurer Chair of Fundraising Committee

Gloria Massey-Chinea

Ronaldo Chinea

Katherine Gerdis

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Are they truly non-partisan?  Search Linda Paine Republican in Google and we find a number of times she spoke to groups of Republicans.  Did she speak to groups of Democrats?  Maybe but I can find no record of such events.  We also find that she co-founded the Santa Clarita Tea Party Group.  That she sponsored a panel on "Election Integrity" at the Western Conservative Conference.

Ms Paine co-founded the group with Ruth Weiss.  A Google search reveals that Ms Weiss spoke to The North County Tea Party Group, the Republican Club of Ocean Hills, the Republican Women of California San Marcos Luncheon and the Intermountain Republican Women Federated.  Then I found an op-ed from 2012 that contained this excerpt about this group:

"The Election Integrity Project, although it defines itself as non-partisan, operates as a platform for the conservative Heritage Foundation, the right wing Breitbart.com, and the Tea Party groups True the Vote and the non-profit iCaucus.  Their website raises the ubiquitous fearful specter of  voter fraud; their intent is to police the act of voting itself, to assure that “every lawfully cast vote [is] accurately counted.”

Bonnie Lanyon's Twitter bio identifies her as 2nd VP of San Bernardino County Republican Women. The website of the Hi-Desert Republican Women, Federated identifies her as their Campaign Chair.  

Gloria Massey-Chinea spoke to the Conejo Valley Republican Women, and at the first meeting of the Make California Great Again, Ventura County chapter.  

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Speaking to Republican groups is not in and of itself proof of partisanship.  But when the majority of a group's board of trustees membership is active in the politics of only one political party; when they do not address their issues to Democratic groups, the appearance of partisanship cannot be avoided.

In this reporter's opinion, these so-called voter integrity efforts are part of a broad strategy of voter suppression.  This is the first election since a consent decree entered into by the Republican Party limited their "ballot security" operations expired in 2018.  We've seen bold efforts by Republican elected officials to limit voter access.