The President's 5/11/2017 Executive Order announced the establishment of a "Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity." It designates the Vice President--a 2016 electoral candidate and likely 2020 candidate--as chair and authorizes the President to appoint the additional members. News reports suggest that the additional members will include elected officials.

Elected officials have a transparent personal interest in limiting voting access to populations likely to support them. If the President wants information on whether or not the American electoral system is vulnerable to fraud, he should form a Commission of experts who are not elected by American voters, such as retired politicians, career FEC bureaucrats, political scientists, and foreign politicians.