Arizona denies DOJ request for millions of voters’ data
Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes denied the Trump administration’s request for access to the sensitive data of millions of voters in the state.
The Department of Justice requested that at least 30 states hand over their voter roll data, including names, addresses, birthdates, driver’s license numbers, and the last four digits of their Social Security numbers.
Arizona’s denial of the request comes as a Reuters report found that the Justice Department is engaged in talks with Homeland Security Investigations regarding the transfer of sensitive voter roll data it has collected from states to use in criminal and immigration-related investigations.
“Registering to vote should not subject Arizonans to criminal investigation. For that reason, the AZ SoS’s Office denied the DoJ’s request for AZ’s entire voter registration database, which includes sensitive info such as Social Security numbers, birth dates, & driver’s license numbers. It is the duty of this office to protect voter privacy and uphold the integrity of elections — and that is precisely what this Office is doing,” Fontes said in a social media statement Tuesday.