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States push back against releasing voter data to fraud commission - ABC News

posted onJuly 4, 2017
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Article snippet: At least 32 states are balking at the Trump administration’s request for voter registration data as part of the new election integrity commission, with several states outright declaring they will not provide the information. On Monday, Delaware and Louisiana joined Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, South Dakota and Virginia in rebuffing the request. The District of Columbia said last week it would not follow through on the inquiry. In a statement, Delaware State Election Commissioner Elaine Manlove said, "Releasing this information to the White House would not serve the mission of safeguarding the fairness and integrity of elections in Delaware." "You're not going to play politics with Louisiana's voter data, and if you are, then you can purchase the limited public information available by law," Louisiana Secretary of State Tom Schedler said. The request, outlined in a letter made public by Connecticut's secretary of state, asks for “the full first and last names of all registrants, middle names or initials if available, addresses, dates of birth, political party (if recorded in your state), last four digits of social security number if available.” The information would improve the analysis of the "vulnerabilities and issues related to voter registration and voting” nationally, the letter said. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf said in a tweet that his state "will not participate in this systematic effort to suppress the vote." The letter was sent b... Link to the full article to read more

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