GOP Secretaries Push Back on DOJ's Voter-Data Push
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The Justice Department is pressing states for nonpublic voter-registration data to help clean the rolls, but several Republican-led offices push back on privacy and sovereignty grounds, with some providing data but resisting a stringent 45-day removal deadline; concerns about the data's use and the federal government's role in elections persist amid lawsuits targeting Democratic officials.
Topics:top-news#doj#election-administration#federal-state-tensions#politics#state-privacy-laws#voter-data
- Even Republican election officials are balking at Trump Justice Department’s voter roll crusade CNN
- ‘DOJ doesn’t have authority to run a state’s elections’: West Virginia’s GOP election chief pushes back on voter roll grab Democracy Docket
- West Virginia denies U.S. DOJ access to unredacted voter registration records WCHS
- Election Board again refuses DOJ demand for private Oklahoma voter data KFOR
- Why is WV being asked for voter records? Election reform is needed, but not how Trump is doing it West Virginia Watch
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