Ten Democratic Secretaries of State Question Voter Data Sharing

Ten Democratic secretaries of state from across the United States sent a letter Tuesday to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, raising alarms over the Trump administration's broad requests for voter registration data and accusing federal agencies of providing misleading information about its use.

The officials, representing Arizona, California, Colorado, Maine, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Vermont and Washington, expressed concern that the Justice Department has shared state voter information with the Department of Homeland Security. They demanded details on how the data is being used, shared and protected, citing contradictory statements from federal representatives in recent meetings. "As secretaries of state and chief election officials of our respective states, we write to express our immense concern with recent reporting that the Department of Justice has shared voter data with the Department of Homeland Security, and to seek clarity on whether DOJ and DHS actively misled election officials regarding the uses of voter data," the letter stated.

The correspondence follows months of tension between the administration and state...