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Secretary of State sends letter to Justice Department in response to request for Mainers’ personal information

AUGUSTA, MAINE – Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has issued a formal letter of response to the Department of Justice’s unprecedented request for every Maine citizen’s voter information, questioning the overbroad scope of the request and reiterating states’ right to administer elections without federal interference. 

Multiple states have received similar requests for voter files. Reportedly it is the Justice Department’s intention to make requests of every state.

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