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GOP Secretaries Push Back on DOJ's Voter-Data Push

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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-newspolitics#doj#election-administration#federal-state-tensions#politics#state-privacy-laws#voter-data
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  1. Even Republican election officials are balking at Trump Justice Department’s voter roll crusade  CNN
  2. ‘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
  3. West Virginia denies U.S. DOJ access to unredacted voter registration records  WCHS
  4. Election Board again refuses DOJ demand for private Oklahoma voter data  KFOR
  5. 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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