Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS) Vanderbilt University (JD)
Occupation
Attorney
Employer
The Heritage Foundation
Political party
Republican
Hans Anatol von Spakovsky (born March 11, 1959) is an American attorney and a former member of the Federal Election Commission (FEC). He is the manager of The Heritage Foundation's Election Law Reform Initiative and a senior legal fellow in The Heritage Foundation's Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies.[1] He is an advocate for stricter voting laws.[2][3] He has been described as playing an influential role in making concern about voter fraud mainstream in the Republican Party.[4][5]
He was nominated to the FEC by President George W. Bush on December 15, 2005, and appointed by recess appointment on January 4, 2006.[6] However, von Spakovsky's nomination was opposed by Senate Democrats, who argued that his oversight of voter laws was unacceptably partisan.[7][8] Opposition to his nomination was bolstered by objections from career Justice Department staff, who accused von Spakovsky of politicizing his nominally non-partisan office to an unprecedented degree.[9] While von Spakovsky and the Bush Administration denied the accusations of partisanship, the nomination was withdrawn on May 15, 2008.[10]
Von Spakovsky subsequently joined the staff of The Heritage Foundation, a politically conservative think tank. On June 29, 2017, President Donald Trump named him as a member of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity.[11]
^"Hans A. von Spakovsky". The Heritage Foundation. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
^"Why Republicans Can't Find the Big Voter Fraud Conspiracy". POLITICO Magazine. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
^"Trump stokes voter fraud fears as commission convenes". POLITICO. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
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^Edsall, Thomas (January 5, 2006). "Bush Appointments Avert Senate Battles". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
^Kane, Paul (May 17, 2008). "Contested Nominee To FEC Drops Out". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
^Evans, Ben (June 13, 2007). "Democrats criticize Bush's FEC nominee". USA Today. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
^Crabtree, Susan (June 19, 2007). "Opposition against von Spakovsky's is firming". The Hill. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
^"Nominee for F.E.C. Withdraws". The New York Times. May 17, 2008. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
^Bowden, John (June 30, 2017). "Trump names former FEC member to voter fraud probe". The Hill. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
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