Yes, Hans von Spakovsky has been hired to work with the U.S. Civil Rights Commission. This is interesting considering his record of supporting voting restrictions. He eventually withdrew his nomination to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) because of such strong opposition. According to the Washington Post; "During Senate confirmation hearings to determine whether von Spakovsky would sit on the FEC, former civil service employees at Justice submitted a letter condemning his actions on voting rights. The letter said von Spakovsky acted as a de facto voting section chief from 2003 to 2005, 'furthering partisan interests.' [. . .] Von Spakovsky steered the department to adopt 'voting rights policies not seen before, pushing to curb minor instances of election fraud by imposing sweeping restrictions that would make it harder, not easier, for Democratic-leaning poor and minority voters to cast ballots."