—
So far States are just saying NO to Trump operatives, trying to compile a National Voter history database, going all the way back to 2006. Good for them. I hope more join the cause.
State officials refuse to turn over voter roll data to Trump election panel
by Josh Delk, TheHill.com — 06/29/17
State officials from Virginia, California and Kentucky said Thursday that they will refuse a request for voter roll data from President Trump's commission on election integrity.
Earlier Thursday, it was reported that the commission sent letters to all 50 states asking for voters' names, birthdays, the last four digits of their Social Security numbers and their voting history dating back to 2006.
[...]
“At best this commission was set up as a pretext to validate Donald Trump’s alternative election facts, and at worst is a tool to commit large-scale voter suppression,” [Virginia Gov. Terry] McAuliffe stated.
[...]
Some how this Voter compilation effort smacks of McCarthyism, or worse yet a US version of what they do best in 3rd world countries — suppress, distort, and “oversee” the Vote.
by Kate Ackley, Rollcall.com — May 12, 2017
[...]
Critics of the new Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity said the administration ought to focus instead on voter suppression concerns as well as potential Russian hacking and interference in the 2016 elections, a scandal that has only intensified this week with Trump’s firing of FBI Director James B. Comey.
“This is a sham commission that is going to be distracting us, distracting our country from very real problems that we should be confronting,” said Myrna Pérez of the Brennan Center for Justice. “We need to be vigilant and rely on the evidence and the data.”
The Brennan Center at New York University’s School of Law recently issued a report after studying 42 jurisdictions with the most noncitizen residents, concluding that such instances of fraud are “extraordinarily rare,” Pérez said.
[...]
This collection of Voter records could very well be the first step to develop a National Voter Caging system.
And who knows where it could go from there?
• Fodder for micro-targeting bots, and Facebook trolls, robo-call scammers?
• A “budgeting-tool” for deciding where (which precincts) to add, or to take away Voting machines?
• A back-door way to destroy the privacy and the sanctity of our Votes? … Anyone care to buy a fully-qualified, and extremely tailored Voter Mailing list?
How many years would you like to peruse? How many precincts? Which Party-preference?
Hurry while supplies last … place your orders now: VoterHistories.com