Lawsuit Slams Election Commission's Request: 'Without Precedent And Crazy'

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo




By MATT SHUHAM Published JULY 4, 2017 1:31 PM

The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), a privacy advocacy group, filed suit on Monday against President Donald Trump’s bogus “election integrity” commission over its request to all 50 states for sensitive voter information.

“(T)he Commission had already committed two egregious security blunders,” EPIC said in a statement on its website. “(1) directing state election officials to send voter records to an unsecure web site and (2) proposing to publish partial SSNs that would enable identity theft and financial fraud.”

In its suit requesting a temporary injunction against the commission’s data collection activities, filed in the D.C. District Court, the group called the request for partial Social Security numbers “both without precedent and crazy.”

It also accused the commission of violating the E-Government Act of 2002, which requires a privacy impact assessment be completed and made available to the public before the collection of personal information by the federal government using information technology. No assessment was conducted before requesting voter data, the suit alleges.



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[Leghorn21]

1. just CRAZY!!! Got that? CRAZY!!! !?!%%,{{&9'! &$@?!!!?%💀☠️😬🙀??#!!!!!

GOOD - words aren't being minced like they were in the olden days (i.e., "that's not true" has become "that's a LIE&quot GOOD!

[Gothmog]

2. The first of many lawsuits

[Hugin]

3. If it wasn't clear enough...

THIS IS FUCKING CRAZY!

ABSOLUTELY BAT-SHIT FOAMING-AT-THE-MOUTH WILD-EYED STRIPED-ASSED-APE CRAZY!

DO NOT ALLOW IT TO PROCEED!

JESUS H. CHRIST!

[Juliusseizure]

12. Every response to all WH requests

should be like this.

It doesn't matter what it is.

[red dog 1]

4. I'm sending a donation to EPIC

Electronic Privacy Information Center
https://www.epic.org/

K&R!

[BigmanPigman]

5. I wish some judges would file suit against 45 for violating the Emoluments Clause.

[Ligyron]

8. I am amazed that some somebody/something org. hasn't done that

Maybe they have but if so, I've not heard of it.

[red dog 1]

6. "Experts, Privacy Groups Oppose Demand for State Voting Records"

In a letter to state election officials, more than 50 experts and 20 privacy organizations have urged the states to oppose a request from a Presidential Advisory Commission for voter records.
More:
http://epic.org/2017/06/experts-privacy-groups-oppose-.html

[democrank]

7. Kicking

Remember what is often repeated during speeches....Republicans are the party of "smaller government"

[riversedge]

9. Paul Ryan and other Repugs will excuse them by saying-they are new to the Office. ha ha

[LiberalLovinLug]

10. Okay, I know its been done to death, these types of comparisons but.....

Can YOU imagine if Obama or a President Hillary demanded all the voter records, including the voters party affiliation to do who-knows-what with it? (And after they were under investigation for colluding to steal the election?)

What is wrong with these deplorables? How can they not see the obvious duplicity and this deliberate attempt to stage a coup on the democracy? And if they do, do they really prefer to hand over the country to crooked billionaires and Russians over an honest investigation on corruption at the highest levels?

[luvtheGWN]

13. People see what they want to see,

much the same way with their religion -- they believe what they want to believe (or, whatever makes them feel good). Emotions rule; logic, not so much.

[Skittles]

16. Trump voters are DUMBER.THAN.DIRT.

NO THEY CANNOT SEE THE HYPOCRISY

[longship]

11. Fuck Trump!!

The purpose here is so utterly transparent!!!

This has really got me pissed off!

Way to go, EPIC!

[Honeycombe8]

14. Yay! SOMEONE is doing something about the madness coming out of the White House! nt

[Honeycombe8]

15. I believe they're either going to give the database to Russia, or know that Russia will hack it.

And will make sure the security is such that Russia can get it.

This will save Russia a lot of time and trouble. It won't have to zero in on numerous districts in different states. It'll have all the info in one convenient database.

Then if it needs to alter, say, Sam Jones' vote in St. Paul, MN, THEN it can hack into that system. It already has Jones' information to zero in on his registration. WADDA COUNTRY THE U.S.A. IS!

[wiggs]

17. GOP went nuts when Clintons compiled a Christmas List in WH! nt