The Department of Justice is on a mission to collect election information, including sensitive voter information, from states as part of President Donald Trump’s executive order cracking down on voting accessibility – but it’s left state officials concerned.
Over the last three months, the DoJ’s Voting Section has reached out to at least 15 states seeking their voter roll, information about individuals who may have violated federal voting laws, and questions about the state’s process for identifying and removing ineligible voters, the Associated Press reported.