Forty-one states have refused Kobach's request for voter information

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Source: CNN

Forty-one states have refused Kobach's request for voter information

By Liz Stark and Grace Hauck, CNN
Updated 10:42 PM ET, Mon July 3, 2017

Washington, DC (CNN) - Forty-one states have defied the Trump administration's request for private voter information, according to a CNN inquiry to all 50 states.

State leaders and voting boards across the country have responded to the letter with varying degrees of cooperation -- from altogether rejecting the request to expressing eagerness to supply information that is public.

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, vice chairman of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, which Trump created by executive order in May, sent a letter to all 50 states last Wednesday requesting a bevy of voter data, which he notes will eventually be made available to the public.

That information sought included registrants' full names, addresses, dates of birth, political parties, the last four digits of their social security numbers, a list of the elections they voted in since 2006, information on any felony convictions, information on whether they were registered to vote in other states, their military status, and whether they lived overseas.

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