Meanwhile, in an effort to bully the state of Louisiana and perhaps bolster its case, Justice last month engaged in an extraordinary bit of fishing for statistical data – an expedition which should open the eyes of even the most complacent observer. In a request for production of documents, DOJ
demanded…
“All data, produced in a format agreed upon by the parties, from Louisiana’s voter registration database relating to the following for each and every registered voter:
(a) all identifying and demographic information (e.g., all data relating to a voter’s current and former names, current and former addresses, current and former counties of residence, date of birth, full social security number, current and former driver’s license numbers, race and/or ethnicity, and all current and former internal identification numbers assigned to each registered voter); and
(b) all information related to the place (e.g., by mail, from a public assistance agency, from a disability services agency, etc.) and date of a voter’s initial and subsequence registrations; and
(c) all information related to any changes or updates to each voter’s registration record (e.g., all data reflecting the dates and times that an individual’s voter registration record was changed, including all data regarding the dates of all changes of address or changes in registration status; all data and related information tracked in the “sys change journal”).
DOJ said, in the alternative, that it would happily accept Louisiana’s “complete voter registration database, including data related to voter turnout history and any other such data not requested above” as an alternative.
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