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John: If you didn't know, the MAGA-ified U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has been demanding voter data from the states since May, requesting that election officials turn over unredacted copies of voter rolls and every voter registration application submitted in the past 18 months.
Several states with MAGA-aligned Secretaries of State and opponents of voting rights in charge of elections have complied, but 10 states are holding out to protect voters from intimidation, requesting information on how DOJ and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) intend to use the state voter data they’ve demanded.
The agencies have released contradictory statements on how the data is being used, leading the secretaries of state from Arizona, California, Colorado, Maine, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Vermont and Washington to send a joint letter demanding clarity before they turn over the sensitive registration information and expressing concerns about the “ potential lack of compliance with federal law .”
The issue is simple: The U.S. Constitution entrusts the states, not the president or his agencies, to run elections. There's no legal basis for the DOJ to demand such sensitive and personally identifying information. It's yet another overreach by a president fueled by lies and taken by sycophants who are more loyal to his every whim than the rule of law they swore an oath to uphold.
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MAGA officials at DOJ have escalated their attacks on these states, with suppressive former Trump lawyer, now Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon demanding electronic copies of voter registration lists that “ must contain all fields, including the registrant’s full name, date of birth, residential address, his or her state driver’s license number or the last four digits of the registrant’s social security number ” despite the Trump administration not providing notice required under federal privacy and administrative laws for changes to DHS's Systemic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database.
“ The Trump Administration’s requests for voter data are unprecedented. Americans deserve to know that when they register to vote, the Trump administration will not misuse their information,” Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold said.
“ The Department of Justice hasn’t shown any compelling reason for wanting the sensitive voter information of every American. They can’t even get their stories straight about what they plan to use it for or who will have access, and their demands appear to violate federal privacy laws and the Constitution,” Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows also said.
Folks, this is all about trying to suppress as many voters as they can through intimidation ahead of next year's midterm elections. We have to do everything we can to inform voters of what is at stake and what their rights are.
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