Governor Recommends Against Sharing All Information Requested By President’s Election Commission
The voter information considered confidential information includes social security number (including the last four digits), driver license number, date of birth and voter signature, according to the state board.
We may never get to the bottom of how millions of people voted illegally in the election so Hillary Clinton could still lose.
The Mississippi voter files – and files from 27 other states – were turned over to the Trump operative as part of Kobach’s secretive program called “Interstate Crosscheck” – also created to prove that millions of Americans are registered in two states intending to vote twice in one election, a crime.
As many as 20 states refuse to turn anything over to Kobach while at least 25 will turn over only limited information that is already public. But the Election Integrity commission sees value in such data points.
The Presidential Advisory Commission on Voter Integrity’s request for extensive personal information about voters has ignited a firestorm in many states, including from both Republican and Democrat officials who oversee elections. Methinks that I recall the public asking the same question in reference to his refusal to divulge his and his wife’s IRS information. Williams, a Republican, said anyone is entitled to voter registration data with certain exceptions under Colorado law.
But the division’s director, Robert Giles, said in a statement Wednesday afternoon that no voter information will be released “that is not publicly available”.
Omaha, NE-As Nebraska weighs a Trump Administration request for election information, all part of a nationwide vote fraud investigation, the state’s own numbers find cheating at the ballot box rare in Nebraska. The political affiliation request will tell the commission what party’s primary the person voted in. Insisting he was going to “safeguard the privacy of Wyoming’s voters”, Murray said the commission’s request “could lead to federal overreach”.
The U.S. Department of Justice wants details from Tennessee’s secretary of state on how it purges outdated registrations from voter rolls.
The statement goes on to say nothing has been released yet.
Over the weekend, Trump lashed out at the states’ responses.
Rotenberg emphasized that the group’s lawsuit is not about the politics of voter fraud or suppression, but rather about privacy rights and the rule of law. “What are they trying to hide?”, he asked on national television.
The White House didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft published a statement defending his state’s decision to participate. She said the clerk’s office lets voters know it’s meant for people who fear harassment, adding, “There’s nothing we do to follow up or verify anything”. “I look forward to working with Sec”.