‘A growing number of U.S. states refused on Friday to give voters' names, addresses and sensitive personal information to a commission created by President Donald Trump to investigate alleged voter fraud, saying the demand was unnecessary and violated privacy.
"This commission was formed to try to find basis for the lie that President Trump put forward that has no foundation," Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes told Reuters in an interview.
Republican Trump has made unsubstantiated claims that millions of people voted illegally for his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election. He established the panel by executive order in May despite evidence that voter fraud was not widespread.
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California Secretary of State Alex Padilla said on Thursday that handing over information would only serve to legitimize debunked claims of widespread voter fraud.
More than 20 states said they would not or could not provide some or all of the information requested, according to statements from election officials and media reports.’
States refuse Trump commission request for U.S. voter data
Trump’s ridiculous claim that the myth of ‘voter fraud’ was ‘widespread’ is in fact a lie.
"This commission was formed to try to find basis for the lie that President Trump put forward that has no foundation," Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes told Reuters in an interview.
Republican Trump has made unsubstantiated claims that millions of people voted illegally for his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election. He established the panel by executive order in May despite evidence that voter fraud was not widespread.
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California Secretary of State Alex Padilla said on Thursday that handing over information would only serve to legitimize debunked claims of widespread voter fraud.
More than 20 states said they would not or could not provide some or all of the information requested, according to statements from election officials and media reports.’
States refuse Trump commission request for U.S. voter data
Trump’s ridiculous claim that the myth of ‘voter fraud’ was ‘widespread’ is in fact a lie.