Gov. Henry McMaster on Thursday won court approval to intervene in a lawsuit seeking to block South Carolina’s Election Commission from giving the personal data of 3.3 million voters to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) — a transfer he has said he supports.

At a Sept. 24 hearing, attorneys for Anne Crook, the Calhoun County voter who filed the lawsuit, argued McMaster was politicizing the case and exceeding his statutory authority over the independent commission by attempting to intervene.

But in a Sept. 26 statement, McMaster attorney Grayson Lambert rejected the allegation.

“This is not about politicizing anything,” Lambert told Statehouse Report. “This is about defending state law and helping ensure that state law is properly interpreted. The governor is not trying to inject himse

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