State officials refuse to turn over voter roll data to Trump election panel
State officials from Virginia, California and Kentucky said Thursday that they will refuse a request for voter roll data from President Trump's commission on election integrity.
Earlier Thursday, it was reported that the commission sent letters to all 50 states asking for voters' names, birthdays, the last four digits of their Social Security numbers and their voting history dating back to 2006.
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) said in a statement that he has “no intention” of fulfilling the request, defending the fairness of his state's elections. He also blasted the commission in his statement, saying it was based on the "false notion" of widespread voter fraud in the November presidential election.
“At best this commission was set up as a pretext to validate Donald Trump’s alternative election facts, and at worst is a tool to commit large-scale voter suppression,” McAuliffe stated.
California Secretary of State Alex Padilla (D) also responded to the request, saying “I will not provide sensitive voter information to a commission that has already inaccurately passed judgment that millions of Californians voted illegally” in the last election.
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It doesn't matter who is D and who is R, this information should not be given over to the federal government.
Republican states should be even more wary, if anything. Conservatives believe in States' Rights? No reason to give over your voter registration info. You swore to protect the citizens and uphold the Constitution of your state.
The White House is completely over-reaching its authority, and if this is challenged in court the President will lose. He doesn't have any good reason to demand or even request the states' voter info.
Separation of powers - it still means something!
