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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Wed Jul 30, 2025, 08:33 PM Jul 30

Trump administration requested voter data. Secretary Bellows says, 'Go jump in the Gulf of Maine' [View all]

Shenna Bellows waits outside the Maine House of Representatives chamber before legislators elected her to serve another term as Secretary of State. (Photo by Jim Neuger/Maine Morning Star)

The U.S. Department of Justice asked Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows to provide access to the state’s voter registration list and other sweeping election data. Bellows told Maine Morning Star she will respond in the next few days by telling the DOJ that it does not have the right to such information.

“The federal government has overstepped its bounds,” Bellows said. “We will be denying their request for the citizen voter information of every Mainer.”

Bellows said, according to the National Association of Secretaries of State, the DOJ is asking for voter information from all 50 states. Maine Morning Star’s partner outlets have been following these probes in at least nine other states so far.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-administration-requested-voter-data-171650426.html

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