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States Clear to Send Trump Commission Sensitive Voter File Data

Route Fifty: A federal judge declined on Monday to issue a temporary restraining order blocking the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity from seeking sensitive voter file data of states.

The Washington, D.C.-based public interest research group suing the commission, Electronic Privacy Information Center, argued in court the mailed requests violated constitutional privacy rights, reported the Los Angeles Times.

Only Arkansas had complied when the commission voluntarily ceased collection on July 10, pending the outcome of the case, though 16 other states are expected to comply fully, according to the Brennan Center for Justice, now that the way is clear.

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