Trump Admin Defends 'Voter Fraud' Probe In Court Against Privacy Lawsuit
Source: Talking Points Memo
By ALICE OLLSTEIN Published JULY 8, 2017 9:06 AM
A federal court heard arguments Friday in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administrations demand from all 50 states for sensitive voter information, including addresses, Social Security numbers and party affiliation data.
Over the July 4 holiday weekend, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) sued the leaders of the dubious election integrity commissionVice President Mike Pence and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobachsaying they had committed egregious security blunders that would enable identity theft and financial fraud. Theyre demanding that the commissions data collection efforts be immediately halted.
Already, the vast majority of states have resisted the commissions inquiry, with at least 44 states refusing to hand over some of the information requested. In court on Friday, an attorney for the Justice Department admitted that only one state, Arkansas, has sent its voter information to the federal government thus far.
EPICs attorneys argued, for their part, that the commission is violating the E-Government Act of 2002, which government agencies to conduct a privacy impact assessment before collecting personal information using information technology. No assessment was conducted before requesting voter data, the suit alleges. The DOJ lawyer responded that because the election integrity commission is not an official government agency, it does not have to abide by these rules.
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turbinetree
(24,632 posts)tax returns from 2006 to the present............ Fuck You
And then we read this:
"The DOJ lawyer responded that because the election integrity commission is not an official government agency, it does not have to abide by these rules."
Just like the sexual predator when he was doing his business dealings, and groping woman, fuck the rules
Fucking asshole
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)why does anyone have to comply? On what authority?
turbinetree
(24,632 posts)to the wall, I'll just make up a commission, to make myself Feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel Goooooooooooooooood.
What I am really concerned about is the DOJ sending out a letter to all the Sec. of State on the Motor Voter Laws, its been going really fine up until now, and then Sessions and his team are trying to come through the back door.............
freddyvh
(276 posts)just recently, they left millions of voter records unprotected online.
what is to say this will be any different?
https://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2017/06/gop-firm-exposed-us-voters-personal-information/530913/
riversedge
(69,727 posts)BumRushDaShow
(127,312 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)It's either a government agency, where states have to at least recognize it, or it's not, as they themselves say.
sinkingfeeling
(51,279 posts)oppose any cooperation with the 'commission'.