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A US federal judge ruled on Monday that
President Donald Trump's commission may request voter roll data from US
states to investigate voter fraud.
The lawsuit was
filed by the watchdog group the Electronic Privacy Information Center
(EPIC) on the grounds of privacy infringement. The data requested
include names, the last four digits of Social Security numbers,
addresses, birth dates, political affiliation, felony convictions and
voting histories.
The judge said as the commission’s
collection of data was not technically an action by a government agency,
the access was not bound by laws that govern what such entities can do.
However, she pointed out that the commission is an advisory body with
no legal authority to compel states to hand over the data.
President
Trump, who set up the commission by executive order on May 12, has
charged without evidence that millions voted unlawfully in the November
election.
