MAGA Demands More Voter Data From Missouri & Kansas

Process, politics and protecting elections . . . At least according to this prog blog . . . 

President Donald Trump is trying to weed out noncitizens who vote in elections and clean up voter registration lists, which is why the Department of Justice is making these requests. Some of that data they’re seeking is public and other information is more sensitive. 

Notably, the Trump administration wants drivers license numbers and the last four digits of voters’ Social Security numbers. The federal government is also asking some states for access to voting machines. 

The federal government hopes more data lets them comb through records and identify noncitizens casting ballots. 

“Despite pioneering self government,” an executive order said in March, “the United States now fails to enforce basic and necessary election protections employed by modern, developed nations, as well as those still developing.”

Isabel Linzer, a policy analyst at the Center for Democracy & Technology, is worried about the requests.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Trump administration wants sensitive voter data from Kansas and Missouri