New Hampshire election officials are again denying a request by the Trump administration to turn over sensitive voter information, despite repeated demands and a deadline imposed by federal officials.
On Thursday, New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlan notified the U.S Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division that he would not comply with the federal government’s demand to share a copy of the state’s voter registration list. Scanlan said that there is no federal law that requires the state to do so, and noted that “New Hampshire law prohibits the sharing of this information with the U.S. Department of Justice in the manner you request.”
The back-and-forth between the state and federal governments began in June , when Trump administration officials sent requests for voter