Oregon Rejects DOJ’s Request To Share Private Voter Data, Citing Concerns of Unlawful Use | Matt Cohen/Democracy Docket
In a detailed letter, Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read rejected an offer to meet with prosecutors in the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) criminal division to discuss a potential agreement to share private voter data with the federal government. As part of the DOJ’s recent effort to obtain sensitive voter data from every state, prosecutors from the department’s criminal division have contacted some states requesting a meeting “to discuss a potential information-sharing agreement” to feed the department private voter information to help assist its hunt for voter fraud. “With your cooperation, we plan to use this information to enforce Federal election laws and protect the integrity of Federal elections,” reads the email sent July 10 by Scott Laragy, principal deputy director for the executive office for United States attorneys, and Paul Hayden, senior counsel in the DOJ’s criminal division. Read Article