Actually that "fear mongering" is the very purpose of the Commission.  The goal is to, somehow, establish justification for the GOP state legislatures' implementation of voter suppression statues and procedures.  It's not exactly breaking news that the greater the voter turn-out, the better the chances of Democratic or liberal independent candidates' victory.  The GOP tactic is simple: "if you can't convince them to vote for your candidates, find ways to keep them from voting for the opposition" i.e.  find ways to keep them from voting at all.  All studies of alleged "voter fraud" have found the same result:  it is NOT present at a statistically significant level...Oregon - .002% "suspect" voters.  On the flip side, the high incidence of voter suppression is well documented.  

Gary Crum